Children and Adolescents
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Reynolds Child Depression Scale (Reynolds, 1989)
Purpose: To assess depressive symptomatology in children
William M. Reynolds, Ph.D. Humboldt State University
Anne Graves, Ph.D.
Population: Asian American elementary school students
   
Beck Depression Inventory - long form (Beck, 1988)
  Purpose: To assess depression symptoms and mood
 

David Chan, Ph.D.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Population: Secondary students residing in Hong Kong
   
The Fear Survey Schedule for Children- Hawaii revision (Shore & Rapport, 1998)
  Purpose: To assess the number and intensity of fears of child respondents
 

Gail N. Shore, Ph.D., University of Hawaii
Mark D. Rapport, Ph.D, University of Central Florida

Population: Elementary and secondary students in Hawaii
   
Impact of Events Scale (IES) (Horowitz, Wilner, & Alvarez, 1979)
Purpose: To measure the cognitive and emotional impact of traumatic events

Sack, W.H, Ph.D.

Population: Khmer adolescents
   
Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale (Piers, 1986)
Purpose: To determine psychosocial functioning and perceived social support among children and adolescents
May Kwan Lorenzo, Ph.D. Simmons College School of Social Work
Bilge Pakiz, Ed.M
Helen Z. Reinherz, Sc.D
Abbie Frost, Ph.D.
Population: Asian American students (Chinese, from China and Hong Kong and Vietnamese)
   
Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965)
Purpose: To assess level of self reported self-esteem.
Choong Rai Nho, Ph.D.Dept of Social Welfare, Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea
  Population: Korean American and Korean immigrant adolescents
   
Coopersmith Self-Esteem Scale- School Form (Coopersmith, 1981)
Purpose: To assess level of self reported self-esteem.
From Herz & Gullone (1999)
  Population: Australian and Australian Vietnamese adolescents
Malay version of the Self-Description Questionnaire-1 (SDQ-1) (Marsh 1988)
Purpose: To assess multiple dimensions of self-concept
 

David Watkins, Ph.D.
Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong

Population: Malyasian high school students
   
Hawaiian Culture Scale - Adolescent Version (Renzentes, 1993)
  Purpose: To assess the degree to which adolescents know of, believe in, value, and practice elements of traditional Hawaiian culture.
 

Earl S. Hishinuma, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry University of Hawaii at Manoa

Population: Hawaiian high school students
 
The Acculturation Scale for Vietnamese Adolescents (Nguyen, Messe, & Stollak, 1999)
  Purpose: To assess level of involvement in the Vietnamese and American cultures.
 

Huong Nguyen, Ph.D.
Brandeis University

Population: Vietnamese high school students residing in the U.S.
 
Arizona Social Support Interview Schedule (Barrera, 1980)
  Purpose: To determine psychosocial functioning and perceived social support.
 

May Kwan Lorenzo, Ph.D, Private Practice, Boston, MA
Bilge Pakiz, Ed.M.
, Ph.D.
Helen Z. Reinherz, Sc.D

Abbie Frost, Ph.D.

  Population: Asian American adolescents
 
Asian Behavior Questionnaire (ABQ) (Ma, 1998)
  Purpose: To assess adolescent pro-social and delinquent behaviors
 

Hing Keung Ma
Hong Kong Baptist University

Population: Adolescents residing in Hong Kong
 
The Youth Self-Report (Achenbach, 1991)
Purpose: To measure behavioral and emotional functioning in children
May Kwan Lorenzo, Ph.D. Simmons College School of Social Work
Bilge Pakiz, Ed.M
Helen Z. Reinherz, Sc.D
Abbie Frost, Ph.D.
  Population: Asian American students (Chinese, from China and Hong Kong and Vietnamese)
Youth Self Report (YSR) (Achenbach, 1991)
Purpose: To measure behavioral and emotional functioning of adolescents
Choong Rai Nho, Ph.D., Dept of Social Welfare, Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea
Population: Korean American and Korean immigrant adolescents
 
Social, Attitudinal, Familial, and Environmental Acculturative Stress Scale for Children - The SAFE (Hovey & King, 1996)
Purpose: To measure stress associated with the acculturative process
Choong Rai Nho, Ph.D.Dept of Social Welfare, Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea
  Population: Korean American and Korean immigrant adolescents
Chinese Self-Report Family Inventory (C-SFI) (Beavers, Hampson, & Hulus, 1990)
Purpose: To measure an individual's perceptions of family competence and style
Daniel T. L. Shek, Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
  Popuation: Chinese parents and adolescents