Tools for Strengths-Based Assessment and Evaluation

<p>Traditionally assessment and evaluation have focused on the negative aspects or deficits of a client's presentation. Yet strengths health and those things that are going right in a person's life are key protective factors in the prevention and treatment of manymental health problems. Thus measuring strengths is an important component of a balanced assessment and evaluation process. This is the first compendium of more than 140 valid and reliable strengths-based assessment tools that clinicians researchers educators and program evaluators can use to assess a wide array of positive attributes including well-being mindfulness optimism resilience humor aspirations values sources of support emotional intelligence and much more. These tools provide a clear picture of anindividual's strengths while being easy to complete score and interpret.</p><p>The scales and instruments included are consistently formatted are organized according to construct measures and include tools for working with adults couples families children and special populations. They represent a wide range of theoretical approaches and were written by a diverse array of professionals including social workers psychologists nurses physicians and sociologists.</p><h2>Partial List of Instruments:</h2><ul><li>Adult Dispositional Hope Scale</li><li>Assessing Emotions Scale</li><li>Flourishing Scale</li><li>Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire</li><li>Positive States of Mind Scale</li><li>A Measure of Expectations for Partner</li><li>Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale</li><li>Parenting Sense of Competence Scale</li><li>Personal Wellbeing Index</li><li>Proactive Coping Inventory</li><li>Psychological Empowerment Scale</li><li>Stress-Related Growth Scale</li><li>Social Wellbeing Scales</li><li>Wellness Beliefs Scale</li></ul>