
Measures for Clinical Practice and Research: A Sourcebook
Volume 1: Couples, Families, and Children
Oxford University Press Inc
6th Edition
Published on 2. April 2020
Book
Hardback
768 pages
978-0-19-065579-2 (ISBN)
Description
One of the key challenges of all types of practice and research is finding a way to measure a given problem. The seminal Measures for Clinical Practice and Research two-volume set contains hundreds of the most useful measurement tools--alongside the authors' guidance on how to select and score them--for use in clinical practice and in research. Focusing on measures for use with couples, families, and children, this first volume includes an introduction to the basic priniciples of measurement, an overview of different types of measures, and an overview of Rapid Assessment Instruments. The text also contains descriptions and reviews of each instrument and information on how they were selected.
This book is designed to serve as the definitive reference volume on assessment measures for both practice and research in clinical mental health, and Volume 1 is updated with a new preface, new instruments for measuring children's clinical conditions, several new measures for couples and families, and six new chapters. These classic Measures for Clinical Practice and Research compendiums are powerful tools that clinicians and researchers alike will find to be an invaluable addition to--or update of--their libraries.
This book is designed to serve as the definitive reference volume on assessment measures for both practice and research in clinical mental health, and Volume 1 is updated with a new preface, new instruments for measuring children's clinical conditions, several new measures for couples and families, and six new chapters. These classic Measures for Clinical Practice and Research compendiums are powerful tools that clinicians and researchers alike will find to be an invaluable addition to--or update of--their libraries.
Reviews / Votes
I vividly remember when the first edition appeared, then a single volume, and how grateful I was that Kevin Corcoran and Joel Fischer had undertaken the immense effort involved in collecting, selecting, and summarizing the rapid assessment instruments contained therein. I was able to throw away the collection of measures my students and I found useful in research and practice. . . . As you use these rapid assessment instruments, invoke blessings from whatever higher power you believe in to be bestowed on Joel Fischer, Kevin Corcoran, and their new co-author, Professor David Springer. I have known all three of these distinguished academics for many years, and I join the numerous readers of past editions of this book who have benefited from having these scales so conveniently at hand in expressing my thanks for their efforts." * From the Sixth Edition Foreword by Bruce A. Thyer, PhD, LCSW, BCBA-D, Distinguished Research Professor, Florida State University * Measures for Clinical Practice and Research should be on the shelf of every practitioner working in a human service setting. Through the use of this book, practitioners will not only continue to meet the ever increasing demands for accountability, but also satisfy their own desires for objective, quantifiable indications of progress in a manner that can be accomplished in no more than several minutes. As I predicted over 25 years ago, 'the value of this book will increase,' and that continues to be the case." * From the Fifth Edition Foreword by David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Boston University *More details
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 287 mm
Width: 180 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1497 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-065579-2 (9780190655792)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Joel Fischer, DSW, MSW, Professor of Social Work, University of Hawai'i
Kevin Corcoran, JD, PhD, MSW, MA, Professor of Social Work (retired), University of Alabama
David W. Springer, PhD, MSW, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Kevin Corcoran, JD, PhD, MSW, MA, Professor of Social Work (retired), University of Alabama
David W. Springer, PhD, MSW, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Author
ProfessorProfessor, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Professor (retired)Professor (retired), University of Alabama
University Distinguished Teaching ProfessorUniversity Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Content
VOLUME 1
List of Instruments for Couples
List of Instruments for Families
List of Instruments for Children
List of Instruments for Adults (Vol. 2)
List of Instruments Cross-Indexed by Problem Area (Vols. 1 and 2)
Foreword by Bruce A. Thyer
Preface to the Sixth Edition
Part 1. Measurement and Practice
1. Introduction
2. Basic Principles of Measurement
3. Types of Measurement Tools
4. Advantages and Disadvantages of Rapid Assessment Instruments
5. Selecting Measures for Practice
6. Administering the Instruments
Part 2. Instruments for Practice and Research
Introduction
Instruments for Couples
Instruments for Families
Instruments for Children
References
VOLUME 2
List of Instruments for Adults
List of Instruments for Couples (Vol. 1)
List of Instruments for Families (Vol. 1)
List of Instruments for Children (Vol. 1)
List of Instruments Cross-Indexed by Problem Area (Vols. 1 and 2)
Foreword by Bruce A. Thyer
Preface to the Sixth Edition
Instruments for Practice and Research
Introduction to Volume 2
Instruments for Adults
List of Instruments for Couples
List of Instruments for Families
List of Instruments for Children
List of Instruments for Adults (Vol. 2)
List of Instruments Cross-Indexed by Problem Area (Vols. 1 and 2)
Foreword by Bruce A. Thyer
Preface to the Sixth Edition
Part 1. Measurement and Practice
1. Introduction
2. Basic Principles of Measurement
3. Types of Measurement Tools
4. Advantages and Disadvantages of Rapid Assessment Instruments
5. Selecting Measures for Practice
6. Administering the Instruments
Part 2. Instruments for Practice and Research
Introduction
Instruments for Couples
Instruments for Families
Instruments for Children
References
VOLUME 2
List of Instruments for Adults
List of Instruments for Couples (Vol. 1)
List of Instruments for Families (Vol. 1)
List of Instruments for Children (Vol. 1)
List of Instruments Cross-Indexed by Problem Area (Vols. 1 and 2)
Foreword by Bruce A. Thyer
Preface to the Sixth Edition
Instruments for Practice and Research
Introduction to Volume 2
Instruments for Adults