This book cover the theoretical and technical foundations of health measurement as well, as samples of scales and questionnaires. Each test covers the purpose, conceptual basis, reliability, validity, commentary and references for each test. Scales and questionnaires cover the areas of: physical disability and handicap; social health; psychological well-being; depression; mental status testing; pain measurements; and general health status and quality of life.

The first section covers reviews of instruments in the social functioning areas. Each instrument includes the following items: test title, authors, availability, variables, description, administration and scoring, development, critique, general comment, references and key words. The second section includes reviews of published collections of instruments in the social sciences. Instruments are arranged alphabetically by title. Key words and author indexes are provided.

This book provides scales dealing with a positive perspective on explaining things. Models and measures cover cognitive; emotional, interpersonal; religious and philosophical; and positive processes, outcomes and environments. Each chapter covers the research on the topic covered, as well as the test and references.

This book provides attitude scales toward social practices; social issues and problems; international issues; political and religious attitudes; ethnic and national groups; significant others; and social institutions. The scale and test is shown in many instances.

This book describes 197 measures covering heterosexual relations; sexuality; contraception and abortion; pregnancy and childbirth; somatic issues; homosexuality; rape and coercion; family violence; body image and appearance; eating disorders; and other scales. Each measure includes the title of the test, authors, date (of publication), variables, type of instrument, description, sample items; previous subjects; appropriate for; administration; scoring; development; reliability; validity; notes and comments; available from; used in; and a bibliography. Measures can be located using the scale title; scale authors; variables measured by scales and scale users indexes.

This book provides information on nonverbal measures. The measures cover participant/observer reports; coding and rating; physiological measures; and paradigms and practices for nonverbal communication.

This books identifies measurements in how employees view their work and organization. It discusses measurements for job satisfaction; organizational commitment; job characteristics; job stress; job roles; organizational justice; work-family conflict; person-organization fit; workplace behaviors; and workplace values.

This source provides information on unpublished measures of child behavior. The 1971 edition covers tests located in journals from 1956 through 1965 covering ages 0 to 12. The 1976 edition journals from 1966 through 1974 covering ages 0 to 18. Tests are arranged in broad subject categories such as cognition, personality and emotional characteristics, perceptions of environment, self-concept, environment, motor skills and sensory perception, physical attributes, miscellaneous attitudes, social behavior, and unclassified. Each test includes the test title, authors, age, variable, type of measure, source (actual information is often in bibliography), description, reliability and validity and bibliography. A list of journals searched is available in the appendix. Indexes include: authors of measures; measures; and subject.

This index covers 220 English language instruments used to measure the study of women's issues. Information includes the number and title, authors, date, variables, type of instrument, description, previously administered to, appropriate for (sex and age), administration, sample items, scoring, development, reliability, validity, notes and comments, source, and bibliography. Instruments were organized in the following categories: sex roles, sex stereotypes, sex role prescriptions, children's sex roles, gender knowledge,marital and parental roles, employee roles, multiple roles, attitudes toward women's issues, somatic and sexual issues, and unclassified. Indexes included: Index of instrument titles, index of names, and index of variables measured.

Provides a guide to assessment devices used to evaluate clients, patients and subjects. The table of contents lists the techniques in alphabetical order including the source for the technique. Each test includes a description, purpose, development, psychometric characteristics, clinical use, future directions and references. An author index is in the back.

Covers 175 questionnaires or inventories located in selected journals and conference proceedings but does not review or evaluate them. Each test includes the test title, author, source, purpose, description, construction, reliability, validity, norms, availability and references. Aspects covered are achievement orientation, aggression, anxiety, attention, attitudes toward exercise and physical activity, attitudes/values toward sport, attributions, body image, cognitive strategies, cohesion, confidence, imagery, leadership, life adjustment, locus of control, motivation (exercise), motivation (sport), and sex roles. A Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education is listed in the back of the book. Indexes include: subject, test author, test title, and test acronym indexes referring to the test number.

This book provides inventories dealing with family stress covering family pressures, stress and vulnerabilty; resistance and resilency;problem solving and coping; appraisal, coherence, and schema; and adaptation.

This book covers 976 instruments which deal with family related measurement. Volume 1 has abstracts from 1929 to 1986 and volume 2 covers the years from 1987 to 1996. Test abstracts include title, variables measured, type of instrument, description, sample items, comments, references, and availability. Broad subject classifications are arranged by: dimensions of marital and family interaction, intimacy and family values, parenthood, roles and power, and adjustment. Codes above the test number provide further information regarding categories, participants and focus of study. Indexes include author, title and subject. All unpublished tests listed in this source are available from the National Auxiliary Publications Service. Selected tests in volume 3 have the full test available.

These volumes cover assessment tools for children in the areas of intelligence, aptitude and achievement (vol. 1) and personality, behavior and context (vol. 2). It discusses the history, development, administration, scoring and validity of assessment and test instruments. An index is at the end of each volume.

This book covers over 197 instruments are reproduced with information regarding their use and measure sexuality-related states, traits, behaviors, and outcomes. Topics cover abortion, aging, general and specific attitudes and behavior, contraception, dysfunctions, education, gender identity, homosexuality, ideology, jealousy, rape, and sexually transmitted diseases.

This book covers scales the measure key constructs associated with the experiences of students in service learning classes. Some of the types of research scales covered are motives and values; moral development; self and self-concept; student development; attitudes; and critical thinking. Each scale provides information regarding the source, construct, description, estimated time to administer, reliability, validity, gender differences,comments, references and the scale.

This volume covers measures of social psychological attitudes. A chapter covers the criteria for scale selection and evaluation and the second chapter covers response bias. Each chapter covers background and a bibliography. Some of the types of measures included are: subjective well-being; self-esteem; social anxiety, shyness and related constructs; depression and loneliness; alienation and anomie; interpersonal trust and attitudes toward human nature; authoritarianism and related constructs; sex roles; and values. Experts in the field evaluated and selected the top 10 -20 measures in their fields. The measures included the title, description, sample used to determine reliability and validity, reliability, validity, location, and results and comments.

This book looks at the reliability and validity of major political measures, as well as discussing issues of scale construction and interpretation. The actual scale items or complete measures are included. The following areas are covered: embracing public opinion polls: racial, ethnic, international and religious attitudes; responses to advertising campaigns; and alienation from politics, party identification, and participation.