Family / Parenting
Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey (ACES)
Purpose: Identify types of childhood and adolescent traumatic experiences
Age Range: 6+
Scales: None
Aggression Questionnaire (AQ)
Purpose: Screens for aggressive tendencies
Age Range: 9-88
Scales: Physical aggression, Verbal aggression, Anger, Hostility, Indirect aggression
Attachment Checklist-Child
Purpose: Identify indicators of dysfunctional attachment styles
Age Range: 18 months-12
Scales: None
Attachment Checklist-Infant
Purpose: Identify indicators of dysfunctional attachment styles
Age Range: Birth-18 months
Scales: None
Beck Youth Inventory Second Edition (BYI II)
Purpose: Evaluate children’s and adolescents’ emotional and social impairment
Age Range: 7-18
Scales: Self concept, Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Behavioral Disturbance
Children’s Depression Inventory 2 (CDI2)
Purpose: A comprehensive multi-rater assessment of depressive symptoms in youth
Components: Parent Report, Teacher Report, Self Report
Age Range: 7-17
Scales: Emotional problems, Functional problems
Conflict Tactics Scale Parent-Child (CTSPC)
Purpose: Assesses the type and rate of parent/child conflict and resolution tactics
Age Range: Birth+
Scales: Nonviolent discipline, Psychological aggression, Physical assault, Weekly discipline, Sexual abuse, Injury
Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED)
Purpose: A brief screener to assess areas and levels of anxiety related issues and disorders in children
Age Range: 2-18
State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2)
Purpose: Measures the experience, expression, and control of anger.
Age Range: 16-63
Scales: 3 main scales, 11 subscales, and 1 index
State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 Child & Adolescent (STAXI-C/A)
Purpose: Comprehensively yet concisely assess experience, expression, and control of anger while accounting for state and trait aspects
Age Range: 9-18
Scales: 5 main scales, and 4 subscales
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
Purpose: Differentiate between state and trait anxiety in high school students & adults.
Age Range: 14-69
Scales: 2 main scales: State & Trait, measuring apprehension, tension, nervousness, & worry.
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC)
Purpose: Measures anxiety in Children
Age Range: 9-12 (normed to test <9 w/ reading comprehension at/above 3rd grade)
Scales:2 main scales: State Anxiety & Trait Anxiety
Suicide Ideation Questionnaire Junior (SIQ-JR)
Purpose: Screens for suicidal ideation in adolescents in grades 7-9
Age Range: 12-15
Stress Scale for Couples & Families
Purpose: A brief screener to assess areas of stress within relational units
Age Range: 18+
Scales: None
Tennessee Self-Concept Scale-Second Edition (TSCS:2)
Purpose: measures self-concept in children, adolescents, and children
Age Range: 7-90
Scales: Validity- inconsistency, self-criticism, faking good, response distribution. Summary Scores- total self-concept, conflict. Self-Concept-physical, moral, personal, family, social, academic/work. Supplementary scores-identity, satisfaction, behavior.
Trauma & Attachment Belief Scale (TABS)
Purpose: Assesses long term impact of trauma
Age Range: 9+
Scales: Safety, Trust, Esteem, Intimacy, Control
Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC)
Purpose: Helps evaluate acute & chronic posttraumatic symptoms
Age Range: 8-16
Scales: Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Posttraumatic Stress, Dissociation, & Sexual concerns
Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children (TSYCC)
Purpose: Provides a standardized, broadband trauma measure for very young children
Age Range: 3-12
Scales: Anxiety, Depression, Anger/Aggression, Posttraumatic stress-Intrusion, Posttraumatic stress-Avoidance, Posttraumatic stress-Arousal, Dissociation, Sexual Concerns
Traumatic Events Screening Inventory (TESI-PRR/ TESI-SRR)
Purpose: Probes for a history of exposure to traumatic events and to distinguish these events from other negative life experiences.
Age Range: 6-18 (parent report <7)
Scales: Single Scale Interview for PTSD criteria
Youth Feeling Scale
Purpose: Brief Screener to assess current emotionality
Age Range: 6-14
Scales: none
Youth Outcome Questionnaire 2.01 (YOQ-2.01)
Purpose: Assesses the presence & levels of dysfunctional symptoms, behaviors, & experiences
Age Range: 2-18
Scales: Intrapersonal Distress, Somatic, Interpersonal Relations, Social Problems, Behavioral Dysfunction, & Critical Items