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Early Head Start:Local Measures, Pre-Kindergarten Follow-Up List (with Full References and Site Abstracts)
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Adolescent-Adult Parenting Inventory
Bavolek, S. J. (1989). Assessing and treating high risk parenting
attitudes. Early Child Development and Care, 42, 99-112.
Site/s using measure: University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Anthropometrics of child (height, weight, head circumference)
Locally designed based on standard growth charts from the CDC.
Site/s using measure: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Attachment Q-sort/Q-set
Waters, E. (1987). Attachment behavior Q-set (Revision 3.0).
Unpublished instrument, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department
of Psychology.
Waters, E. (1995). The attachment Q-set. In E. Waters, B. E. Vaughn, G. Posada, & K. Kondo-Ikemura (Eds.) Caregiving, cultural, and cognitive perspectives on secure-base behavior and working models: New growing points of attachment theory and research. (Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Nos. 2-3), 60, 234-246.
Waters, E., & Deane, K. E. (1985). Defining and assessing individual differences in attachment relationships: Q-methodology and the organization of behavior in infancy and early childhood. In I. Bretherton & E. Waters (Eds.) Growing points of attachment theory and research. (Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Nos. 1-2), 50, 41-65.
Site/s using measure: University of California at Los Angeles
Black Racial Identity Attitude Scale (RIAS-B), short
form
Helms, J. E. (1990). Black and White racial identity: Theory, research,
and practice. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Site/s using measure: University of Missouri at Columbia
Block Food Frequency Questionnaire (Block FFQ)
United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Science.
(1994). WIC Dietary assessment validation study. San Francisco:
Freeman, Sullivan, & Co.
Site/s using measure:
Michigan
State University
Boehm Test of Basic Concepts, Third Edition
Boehm, A. E. (1986). Boehm Test of Basic Concepts, Third Edition.
San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
Site/s using measure: Catholic University of America
Child Abuse Potential Questionnaire
Milner, J. (1986). The Child Abuse Potential Inventory: Manual.
Webster, NC: Psytec Corporation.
Site/s using measure: Harvard University
Child Language Data Exchange System
MacWhinney, B. (2000). The CHILDES Project: Tools for analyzing talk
(3rd edition). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Site/s using measure: Harvard University
Children's Eating Behavior Inventory
Archer, L. A., Rosenbaum, P. L., & Streiner, D. L. (1991). The
children's eating behavior inventory: reliability and validity results.
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 16(5):629-42.
Site/s using measure: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Conflict Tactics Scale
Straus, M. A. (1979). Measuring intra family conflict and violence:
The Conflict Tactics Scale, Journal of Marriage and the Family, 41,
75-88.
Site/s using measure: University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Conner's Parent Rating Scale - Revised
Conners, C. K. (1997). Conners' Parent Rating Scale-Revised.
New York: Psychological Corp.
Site/s using measure: Utah State University
Conner's Teacher Rating Scale - Revised
Conners, C.K. (1997). Conners' Teacher Rating Scale-Revised.
New York: Psychological Corp.
Site/s using measure: Utah State University
Daily and Parenting Hassles
Nakano, K. (1988). Hassles as a measure of stress in Japanese sample:
Preliminary research. Psychological Report, 63, 252-254.
Site/s using measure: University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Devereux Early Childhood Assessment
LeBuffe, P. A., & Naglieri, J. A. (1999). The Devereux Early
Childhood Assessment. Villanova, PA: The Devereux Foundation.
Site/s using measure: Catholic
University of America
Early Phonemic Awareness Profile
Dickinson, D., & Chaney, C. (1997). Profile of Early Literacy
Development. Newton MA: Education Development Center.
Site/s using measure: Harvard
University
Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scale (F-COPES)
Subscales: Informal Social Support Subscale, Community Support
Subscale, Spiritual Support Subscale, and Reframing Subscale
McCubbin, H., Olson, D. H., & Larsen, A. (1987). F-COPES: Family
Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales. In H. McCubbin & A. Thompson
(Eds.), Family Assessment Inventories for Research and Practice
(pp. 195-205). Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Site/s using measure: Michigan
State University
Family Environment Scale (FES) Conflict Items
Moos, R.H., & Moos, B.S. (1976). A typology of family social environments.
Family Processes, 15, 357-371.
Site/s using measure: Utah State University
Family Functioning Scale
Dunst, C., Trivette, C., & Deal, A. (1988). Enabling and empowering
families: Principles and guidelines for practice. Cambridge, MA: Brookline
Books.
Site/s using measure: Catholic
University of America
Family Resource Scale
Dunst, C., & Leet, H. (1987). Measuring the adequacy of resources
in households with young children. Child: Care, Health and Development,
13, 111-125.
Site/s using measure: Catholic
University of America
Infant Feeding Questionnaire
Locally designed, based on NHANES Diet and Behavior questionnaire.
Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/spq-db.pdf
Site/s using measure: University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
MacArthur Story Stem Battery
Bretherton, I., & Oppenheim, D. (in press). The MacArthur Story
Stem Battery: Development administration. In R.N. Emde, D. Oppenheim,
& D.P. Wolf (Eds.), Affective meaning making with narratives: Studies
with young children.
Site/s using measure: University of California at Los Angeles, University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University
of Washington School of Nursing, University of Colorado Health Sciences
Center
McMaster Family Assessment Device - General Functioning
Scale (FAD)
Epstein, N., Baldwin, L., & Bishop, D. (1983). The McMaster Family
Assessment Device. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 9(2),
171-180.
Site/s using measure: Michigan State University
Name Writing Task
FACES Research Team, modified from the Name Writing tasks (1989).
In J. M. Mason & J. Stewart (Eds.), The CAP Early Childhood Diagnostic
Instrument (prepublication edition. American Testronics and Writing
Samples test in Woodcock-Johnson-Revised Achievement Battery.
Site/s using measure: Harvard University
NEAT Attitudes, Knowledge, & Confidence Scale
Omar, M. A., Coleman, G., & Hoerr, S. (1999). Off to a healthy
early head start: Nutrition education for rural low-income parents/caregivers
of children 12 to 36 months of age. Michigan State University Coalition
for Children, Youth, Families, and Communities Research Award, Michigan
State University, East Lansing, MI.
Site/s using measure: Michigan State University
Nice and Mean Interaction Scales - Adult/Child
Fischer, K., & Hencke, R. (1990). Nice and Mean Interaction
Scale: Adult/Child. Cognitive Development Laboratory. Harvard University.
Site/s using measure: Harvard
University
Nice and Mean Interaction Scales - Peer
Fischer, K., Hencke, R. & Hand, H. (1990).
Nice and Mean Interaction Scale: Peers. Cognitive Development Laboratory.
Harvard University.
Site/s using measure: Harvard
University
Parent Awareness and Preparation for
Kindergarten Questionnaire
Locally developed measure that includes parent's rating of child readiness
for kindergarten.
Site/s using measure: Catholic
University of America
Parent Investment in the Child
Bradley, R. H., Whiteside-Mansell, L., Brisby, J. A., & Caldwell,
B. M. (1997). Parent's socioemotional investment in children. Journal
of Marriage and the Family, 59, 77-90.
Site/s using measure: University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Parenting Practices Questionnaire (PPQ)
Robinson, C. C., Mandleco, B., & Olsen, S. F. (1995). Authoritative,
authoritarian, and permissive parenting practices: Development of a new
measure. Psychological Reports, 77(3, Pt 1), 819-830.
Site/s using measure: Utah
State University
Psychological Empowerment Scale (PES)
Akey, T., Marquis, J., & Ross, M. (2000). Validation of scores
on the psychological empowerment scale: A measurement of empowerment for
parent of children with a disability. Educational and Psychological
Measurement, 60(3), 419-438.
Site/s using measure: Michigan State University
Quality of Life
Olson, D.H., & Barnes, H.L. (1982). Quality of Life. University
of Minnesota. Available at www.lifeinnovation.com
Site/s using measure: University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Relationship Attitude Questionnaire
Simpson, J., Rholes, W., & Nelligan, J. (1992). Support seeking
and support giving within couples in an anxiety-provoking situation: The
role of attachment styles. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
62, 434-446.
Site/s using measure: Utah State University
Resiliency Attitudes Scale
Biscoe, B., & Harris, B. (1994). Resiliency attitudes scale
manual. Oklahoma City, OK: Eagle Ridge Institute, Inc.
Site/s using measure: Catholic University of America
Simpson Adult Attachment
Simpson, J. A. (1990). Influence of attachment styles on romantic
relationships. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology,
59(5), 971-980.
Site/s using measure: University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University of Colorado Health Sciences
Center
Teacher Checklist of Peer Relations
Coie, J. D., & Dodge, K. A. (1988). Multiple sources of data on
social behavior and social status in the school: A cross-age comparison.
Child Development, 59, 815-829.
Site/s using measure: Utah
State University
Television Exposure Survey
Locally designed
Site/s using measure: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Teti's Maternal Efficacy Scale
Bandura, A. (1993). Perceived self-efficacy in cognitive development
and functioning. Educational Psychologist, 28, 117-148.
Site/s using measure: University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Type, Frequency, and Stressfulness of Change
Locally developed measure
Site/s using measure: University of Missouri at Columbia
Woodcock Johnson Tests of Individual
Achievement
Woodcocks R. W. McGrew, K.S. Mather, N. (2001). WJ III Tests of
Achievement. Chicago: Riverside Publishing.
Site/s using measure: Utah State University
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