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Monday, January 2, 2023

Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales-Self-Report-30 (DMRS-SR-30)

 


Assessment name:  Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales-Self-Report-30 (DMRS-SR-30)

Scale overview: The Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales-Self-Report-30 (DMRS-SR-30) is a 30-item self-administered measure of psychological defense mechanisms that assesses overall defensive functioning. The 30-items were developed based on the Q-Sort version known as the DMRS-Q (Di Giuseppe et al., 2014).

 Read more about defense mechanisms in psychology.

Authors: Tracy A. Prout, Mariagrazia Di Giuseppe, Sigal Zilcha-Mano, J. Christopher

Perry & Ciro Conversano

 

Response Type: Items are rated on a scale of frequency as follows:

0 = Not at all

1 = Rarely/slightly

2 = Sometimes/somewhat

3 = Often/ a lot

4 = Very often/ much

 

Scale items

There are 30 items related to defense mechanisms. The items represent defense mechanisms and are organized into categories based on three factors.

Factor 1. Mature Defenses in the High-Adaptive level

Affiliation

Altruism

Anticipation

Humor

Self-assertion

Self-observation

Sublimation

Suppression

Factor 2: Mental Inhibition and Avoidance – Obsessional, Neurotic and Disavowal levels

Isolation of affects

Intellectualization

Undoing

Repression

Dissociation

Reaction formation

Displacement

Denial

Autistic fantasy

 

3. Depressive and Immature defenses

Devaluation

Idealization

Rationalization

Projection

Projective identification

Splitting of other’s image

Splitting of self-image

Passive aggression

Help-rejecting complaining

Acting out

 

 

Reliability and Validity

See Di Giuseppe et al. (2020) and Prout et al. (2022) articles below for psychometric data on the DMRS-30-SR scale. The researchers have provided the results of a factor analysis, coefficient alpha values, and correlations with other measures.

 

The results yield several scores. The ODF (Overall Defensive Functioning) score is based on all 30 items. Prout et al. (2022) reported ODF (M = 5.43, SD = 0.61) alpha .90 in their sample of 1,549 participants.

Availability:

The full text of the English and Italian versions can be found in the Di Giuseppe et al. (2020) article below.

 Related measure

Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-Sort

Read more about defense mechanisms in psychology



References

Di Giuseppe, M., Perry, J. C., Lucchesi, M., Michelini, M., Vitiello, S.,

Piantanida, A., Fabiani, M., Maffei, S., & Conversano, C. (2020).

Preliminary validity and reliability of the novel self-report based on

the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales (DMRS-SR-30). Frontiers in

Psychiatry, 11, 870. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00870

 

Di Giuseppe, M., Perry, J. C., Petraglia, J., Janzen, J., & Lingiardi, V.

(2014). Development of a Q-Sort version of the Defense Mechanism

Rating Scales (DMRS-Q) for clinical use. Journal of Clinical

Psychology, 70(5), 452–465. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22089

 

Prout, T. A., Di Giuseppe, M.,  Zilcha-Mano, S.,  Perry, J. C. & Ciro C. (2022) Psychometric Properties of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales-Self-Report-30 (DMRS-SR-30): Internal Consistency, Validity and Factor Structure, Journal of Personality Assessment, 104, 6, 833-843, DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2021.2019053

 

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Friday, October 14, 2022

Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS)

 


Scale name: Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWB)

Scale overview: The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWB) is a self-report 29-item measure of spiritual wellbeing. There are two subscales: 10-items assess Existential Well-Being (EWB) and 10 assess Religious Well-Being (RWB).

 Response Type: Items are rated on a 6-point scale of agreement:

SA   Strongly Agree

MA   Moderately Agree

A   Agree

D   Disagree

MD   Moderately Disagree

SD   Strongly Disagree

See the manual for scoring instructions.

Scale items

Please see the freely available scale pdf for the items in your preferred language.

 

Reliability: See the manual page 3.

The RWBS, EWBS, and SWBS have good reliability. For the RWBS, test-retest reliability coefficients across four studies, with 1-10 weeks between testings, are .96, .99,

.96, and .88. For the EWBS, the coefficients are .86, .98, .98, and .73. For total SWBS,

the coefficients are .93, .99, .99, and .82.

The index of internal consistency, coefficient alpha, also shows high reliability. Across 7 samples, the internal consistency coefficients ranged from .82 to .94 (RWB), .78 to .86 (EWB), and .89 to .94 (SWB) (Bufford, Paloutzian, & Ellison, 1991).

Validity:

See the manual page 4.

SWB, RWB, and EWB are correlated positively with a positive self-concept, sense of purpose in life, physical health, and emotional adjustment. They are negatively correlated with ill health, emotional maladjustment, and lack of purpose in life (Bufford, Paloutzian, & Ellison, 1991). See Paloutzian et al., (2012, 2021) for more extensive and up-to-date information.

 

Availability: (Note these links worked on 14 October 2022)

I found the manual with the scale and details at this address

https://www.westmont.edu/sites/default/files/users/user401/SWBS%20Manual%202.0_0.pdf

The scale is available in many languages and there is no cost but users must include the copyright information.

This is a link to the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, which is available in many languages. https://www.westmont.edu/psychology/raymond-paloutzian-spiritual-wellbeing-scale

 

References for the scale

Bufford, Rodger & Paloutzian, Raymond & Ellison, Craig. (1991). The Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Journal of Psychology and Theology. 19. 56-70. 10.1177/009164719101900106.

Czech version

Tavel, P., Sandora, J., Furstova, J., Lacev, A., Husek, V., Puzova, Z., Solcova, I. P., & Malinakova, K. (2021). Spiritual Well-Being Scale--Czech Version. PsycTESTS. https://doi.org/10.1037/t79654-000

French version

Velasco, L., & Rioux, L. (2009). Spiritual Well-Being Scale—French Version. PsycTESTS. https://doi.org/10.1037/t45690-000

Additional references may be found at this link

(Note this link worked on 14 October 2022)

https://www.westmont.edu/psychology/raymond-paloutzian-spiritual-wellbeing-scale

 

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Friday, June 17, 2022

COVID-19 Impact Scale

 


Scale name: COVID-19 Impact Scale

Scale overview: The COVID-19 Impact Scale is a 10-item self-report rating scale of the potential impact of COVID-19 in 3 areas of functioning: Economic, Psychological, Social.

Authors: Srinivasan & Sulur Nachimuthu

Response Type: Items are rated on a scale of agreement.

Scale item examples for 3 Subscales

Economic Factor, 4 items

 I have lost job-related income due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Psychological Factor, 4 items

Uncertainties surrounding Coronavirus (COVID-19) causes me enormous anxiety.

Social Factor, 2 items

After the Coronavirus pandemic, I actively avoid people I see sneezing and coughing.

 

Reliability: Cronbach’s alpha was 0.877 in the authors’ study.

Validity: Experts were consulted for content validity. Relationships with other scales were included in the article.

Availability:

See the PsycTESTS reference below.

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Sutton, G. W. (2022, June 17). COVID-19 Impact Scale. Assessment, Statistics, and Research. Retrieved from https://statistics.suttong.com/2022/06/covid-19-impact-scale.html

References for the scale

Srinivasan, T., & Sulur Nachimuthu, G. (2022). COVID-19 Impact Scale. PsycTESTS. https://doi.org/10.1037/t80142-000  [This reference contains the scale items.]

Srinivasan, Thilagavathy, & Sulur Nachimuthu, Geetha. (2022). COVID-19 impact on employee flourishing: Parental stress as mediator. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy,14(2), 281-290. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001037 [This reference reports the study results that used the scale and the psychometric data reported above.]

 

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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

GENEROSITY-How to Measure Generosity

Giving on a large scale and in a socially responsible manner has been called philanthropy. For obvious reasons, people have studied philanthropy and philanthropists. The Philanthropy Scale is a measure of generosity.





Generous givers fund large scale projects like hospitals and disease research. Some give to establish schools and museums. There are many ways wealthy people use their resources to benefit others.

Fortunately, generosity is not restricted to the super wealthy. Everyday people give their time and talents to benefit local charities or support an organization known for helping people in need throughout the world.

Philanthropy is often studied along with gratitude and compassion.

The Philanthropy Scale is a 7-item Likert-type scale. Schuyt, Smit, and Bekkers developed the scale  and presented the results at a 2004 conference in Los Angeles, CA.

Each of the 7-items is rated as: 1 = disagree completely, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Neither Agree nor Disagree, 4 = Agree, 5 = agree completely.

Scoring: Reverse score the items 2,5, and 7 then add the scores.

Items 


1. We have to leave this world a better place for the next generation.

2. Each generation has to solve its own problems.

3. Society is in danger because people are less concerned about each
other nowadays.

4. The world needs responsible citizens.

5. The world community relies on international politics and
corporations, and that is a good thing.

6. I give money to charitable causes, no matter what the government
does.

7. Charity and public benefit should be supported by the government,
and not by citizens and business corporations.

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Reference provided

Schuyt, T., Smit, J., Bekkers, R. (2004). Constructing a philanthropy scale: Social
responsibility and philanthropy. Paper presented at the 33d ARNOVAconference,
Los Angeles, November 2004.

Link to the scale and article abstracts: fetzer.org/sites/default/files/images/.../HELPING_OTHERS-PhilanthropyScale.pdf


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