Tools & Instruments

Index to Tools, Instruments & Questionnaires
for research & evaluation of intervention programs

James Neill
Last updated:
12 Oct 2006

 

Types of Instruments

Example Measures & Constructs

Causal (process) variables

social support, group dynamics, activities

Community, group, school & workplace

community engagement, group cohesion, school climate, workplace effectiveness

Environmental attitudes & knowledge

local environmental knowledge, environmental awareness

Personal & social development

coping, life effectiveness, communication skills

Personality & psychological profiling

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, 360 degree feedback, Personality profiles

Physical health & development

physical self-concept, physical activity, health and wellbeing

Program quality surveys

satisfaction with quality of program

Psychological & behavioral health

mental health, resilience, psychological well-being and distress

Self-constructs

self-esteem, self-confidence, self-efficacy, self-concept

Youth-at-risk outcomes

personal, social, behavior

Other instruments of note

general, environmental, outdoor, personality

List of Instruments

Causal (Process) Variable Measures

Community, Group, School & Workplace Measures

Environmental Attitudes, Knowledge & Behavior Measures

Outdoor Education Measures

Personal & Social Development Measures

Personality, Psychological & Team/Workplace Profiling

Physical Health & Development Measures

Program Quality Surveys

Psychological & Behavioral Health Measures

Self-constructs

Youth-at-Risk Outcomes

Other Instruments of Note

General

  • Adaptive Behavior Scales for the Disabled (ABSD; Brannan, Arick & Fullerton, 1996)

  • Bender-Gestalt Test

  • Community Involvement Scale (Staunton, 2001)

  • Fear Survey Schedule for Children - Revised (King & Ollendick, 1990)

  • H-R Stress Test

  • Hudson Generalized Contentment Scale

  • Orientation to Life Questionnaire (Sense of Coherence; Antonovsky, 1987)

  • Platt Affective Behavior Scales (PABS)

  • RAY Questionnaire (Dominance)

  • School Motivation Analysis Test (Krug, Cattell, & Sweney,1976)

  • Slosson Drawing Coordination Test

  • Social Skills Checklist (Gass, c. 1997)

  • The University Students' Motivation & Satisfaction Questionnaire (Neill, 2004)

  • The Workplace Climate Inventory

  • Quick Fun Questionnaire 2 (Richards, 1986)

  • Wide Range Achievement Test

Bottom-line Measures

  • Academic grades

  • Behavioral assessment by others

  • Cost-effectiveness

  • Recidivism

  • School Attendence

Coping, Cognitive Appraisal & Stress

  • Coping Strategies Self Assessment (CSSA)

  • Stress-Arousal Checklist (SACL)

Environmental Attitude, Knowledge & Behavior Measures

  • Awareness of Consequences Scales (AC)

  • Environmental behavioral index

  • Environmental Concern Scales (EC)

  • Forest Values Scales (FV)

  • Milward-Ginter Outdoor Attitude Inventory (MGOAI)

  • New Environmental Paradigm Scales (NEP)

  • ROPER Organisation Scales

Outdoor Education Measures

  • Outdoor Education Practicum Questionnaire (Quinn, c. 1995)

  • Outdoor Skills Inventory (OSI; Brannan, Arick, & Fullerton, 1996)

  • Outward Bound Questionnaire (Plakun et al 1981)

  • Survey of Outdoor Based Experiential Education

  • Wilderness Adventure Check-in Survey (WACS; Crisp, 2001)

Personality, Psychological & Team/Workplace Profiling

  • 16 Personality Factors

  • Australian Sex-Role Inventory (ASRS; Antill, et al, 1981)

  • Belbin Team Role Questionnaire (Belbin, 1991)

  • Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI;

  • California Psychological Inventory (1987)

  • Children's Sex-Role Inventory (Boldizar, 1991)

  • Draw-a-Person Test

  • Jesness Inventory (Jesness, 1967)

  • Management Sociometry Exercise (Richards, 1990)

  • Maudsley Personality Inventory (MPI)

  • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

  • Personal Style Inventory Questionnaire (Jewler & Gardner, 1993)

  • Projective Drawings

  • Rorschach Inkblot

  • Sentence Completion Test

  • Teachers Leadership Style Questionnaire (adapted from Myers, 1970)

  • Thematic Apperception Test

  • Work Aspect Preference Scale (Pryor, 1981)

Self-constructs

  • Adult Nowicki-Strickland Scale (Self-esteem; ANS-IE)

  • Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (Coopersmith, 1984)

  • Hudson Index of Self-Esteem

  • Martinek-Zaichkowsky Self-Concept Scale for Children (MZSCs)

  • Physical Self-Efficacy Scale (Ryckman, et al, 1982)

  • Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale (Piers, 1969, 1984; Piers & Harris, 1964)

  • Semantic Differential (Self-concept; Osgood, 1957)

  • Self-Control Schedule (Learned Resourcefulness; Rosenbaum, 1980)

  • Self Description Inventory