Alcohol Use Disorders
Identification Test (AUDIT) 10-item scale designed
to identify persons with hazardous or harmful levels of alcohol
consumption.
Available Time Scale
(ATS) 20-item scale designed
to measure the time an applicant anticipates he or she will have
available to complete tasks that are typical of foster parent
responsibilities.
Center for
Epidemiological Studies Depressed Mood (CES-D) 20-item self-report scale designed to identify
current levels of depression in the general population.
Cultural Competence
Scale (CCS) 27-item scale designed
to measure cultural competence as defined by cultural self
awareness, multicultural openness to knowledge, and cross-cultural
communication skills.
Cultural Receptivity in
Fostering Scale (CRFS) 25-item scale designed
to measure the level of openness respondents have toward activities
that support a child's cultural growth and development.
Foster Parent Role
Performance Scale (FPRP) 40-item scale designed
to measure the degree of perceived responsibility for different
aspects of the foster parent role.
Help with Fostering
Inventory (HFI) 19-item scale designed
to measure the level of help with fostering that applicants
anticipate they will receive from members of their social
networks.
Kansas Marital
Satisfaction Scale (KMS) 3-item scale designed
to measure marital satisfaction. This questionnaire is for
married/partnered applicants. This questionnaire is for
married/partnered applicants.
Kansas Parental
Satisfaction Scale (KPS) 3-item scale designed
to measure satisfaction with parenting.
Overt Interparental
Hostility (OIH) 6-item scale designed
to measure how often overt verbal and physical expressions of
hostility occur between parents. This questionnaire is for
married/partnered applicants.
Parental Acceptance
Scale (PAS) 10-item scale designed
to measure behaviors and feelings indicating acceptance of a child
by a parent. This questionnaire is for applicants who have
children.
Parental Bonding
Instrument (PBI) 25-item scale designed
to measure adults' perceptions of their mothers' and fathers' levels
of caring and overprotection.
Personal Dedication to
Fostering Scale (PDFS) 28-item scale designed
to measure professional commitment, moral/ethical consciousness,
receptivity, and responsivity to foster children.
Reasons for Fostering
Checklist (RFC) 33-item inventory
designed to measure the extent to which different types of
motivations contribute to the decision to foster. Each item
represents a different reason to foster and is rated on a five-point
scale.
Receptivity to Birth
Family Connections Scale (RBFC) 14-item scale designed to measure receptivity
to children's connections with birth families.
Short Hardiness Scale
(SHS) 15-item self-report
scale designed to measure hardiness, a dispositional resilience to
stress.
Social Readjustment
Rating Scale (SRRS) 43-item scale designed
to measure the intensity and length of time necessary to accommodate
to a life event. The SRRS is based on the premise that good and bad
life events can make a person more susceptible to illness and mental
health problems.
Willingness to Foster Scale (WFS) 80-item scale designed to measure willingness
to foster different types of children.
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