Health and Psychosocial Instruments provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. HAPI assists researchers, practitioners, educators, administrators, and evaluators, including students, to identify measures needed for research studies, grant proposals, client/patient assessment, class papers/projects, theses/dissertations, and program evaluation. By creating an organized resource of previously unavailable measurement information, HAPI: (a) provides a means of locating a variety of instruments, (b) helps to reduce inefficiency and cost, and (c) eliminates duplication and "reinvention of the wheel."
The following alphabetical list provides the two-letter label, the relevant alias, and an example for each Health and Psychosocial Instruments database field.
===== ============ Label Name/Example ===== ============ ab Abstract [Word Indexed] example: violence.ab. and self report.ab. an Accession Number [Phrase Indexed] example: 1763.an. at Analyst display only au Author [Word and Phrase Indexed] example: beck aaron t.au. de Descriptors [Word and Phrase Indexed] example 1: depression emotion.de. example 2: depression emotion.de. and self evaluation.de. nq Number of Questions [Phrase Indexed] example: "12".nq. rf References [Word Indexed] example: apter a.rf. and risk violence.rf. ry Reliability [Word Indexed] example: internal consistency y.re. so Source [Word Indexed] example: comprehensive psychiatry.so. st Subscale Titles [Word Indexed] example: x.st. ti Title [Word Indexed] example: beck depression inventory.ti. up Update Code [Phrase Indexed] example: 9701.up. va Validity [Word Indexed] example: criterion y.va. yr Year [Phrase Indexed] example: 1989.yr.
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<1> Accession Number 61099. Title "headache diary". SS. Authors Blanchard, E. B.; Andrasik, F. Source Blanchard, E. B., Nicholson, N. L., Taylor, A. E., Steffek, B. D., Radnitz, C. L., & Appelbaum, K. A. (1991). The role of regular home practice in the relaxation treatment of tension headache. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 467-470. Descriptors Adult Adults Drug Therapy Headache Pain Pain Management References Blanchard, E. B., & Andraski, F. (1985). Management of chronic headache: A psychological approach. Elmsford, NY: Pergamon Press. Analyst Internal Consistency: H Parallel Forms: P Test-Retest: Inter-Rater: t Update Code 9701 <2> Accession Number 17960. Title Past Feelings and Acts of Violence Scale. PS. Authors Plutchik, Robert; van Praag, Herman M. Source Plutchik, R., & van Praag, H. M. (1990). A self-report measure of violence risk, II. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 31, 450-456. Abstract The Past Feelings and Acts of Violence Scale (PFAV Scale) is designed to measure respondents' risk of violence. Items focus on feelings of anger and acts of violence against others. Respondents are asked whether they have beaten strangers or members of their family, whether they lose their temper easily, whether they carry and use weapons, whether they have been arrested, and so forth. The PFAV is a self-report questionnaire and contains 4-point Likert-type scales ranging from "never" to "very often. " Sample items are: "Do you find that you get angry for no reason at all?"; "Have you ever hit or attacked someone who is not a member of your family?"; and "Are weapons easily accessible to you?" Also available is a longer 36-item version, the Feelings and Acts of Violence Scale (FAV). Descriptors Anger Crime Violence-Weapons Number of Questions 12. Subscale Titles X. Reliability (Reported=Y; Not Reported=X) Internal Consistency: Y. Parallel Forms: X. Test-Retest: X. Inter-Rater: X. Validity (Reported=Y; Not Reported=X) Content: X. Criterion: X. Construct: Y. References REFERENCES: Apter, A., Plutchik, R., Sevy, S., Korn, M., Brown, S., & van Praag, H. (1989). Defense mechanisms in risk of suicide and risk of violence. American Journal of Psychiatry, 146, 1027-1031. Plutchik, R., & van Praag, H. (1989). The measurement of suicidality, aggressivity and impulsivity. Progress Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 13, S23-S34. Plutchik, R., van Praag, H. M., & Conte, Hope R. (1989). Correlates of suicide and violence risk: III. A two-stage model of countervailing forces. Psychiatry Research, 28, 215-225. Analyst ANALYST: Dr. Robert Plutchik, Department of Psychiatry, Room 151, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Pelham Parkway South, Bronx, NY 10461. Update Code 9410.
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