Tag: Being Valued in Community

Survey of Exposure to Community Violence (SECV): Self Report Version

Developed by Richters and Saltzman (1990), the 54-item Survey of Exposure to Community Violence (SECV) measures how often people are exposed to different threats in their communities (e.g., being chased, drug activity, being arrested, physical assault, or witnessing a suicide or homicide).

Perceived Discrimination Scale

Developed by Williams, Yu, Jackson, & Anderson (1997), the 20-item Perceived Discrimination Scale measures how often people feel that others treat them badly or unfairly on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, physical appearance, sexual orientation, or other characteristics. The scale covers discrimination in different areas of life, including at school, at work, and in one's neighborhood.

Philadelphia Adverse Childhood Experiences (PHL ACEs)

Developed by Cronholm et. al. (2015), the Philadelphia Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey (PHL ACEs) measures childhood exposure to trauma. The PHL ACEs contains two subscales: the Conventional Adverse Childhood Experiences (Conventional ACEs) subscale and the Expanded Adverse Childhood Experiences (Expanded ACEs) subscale.

Community Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ)

A simplified version of the Survey of Exposure to Community Violence, the 25-item Community Experiences Questionnaire measures how often children have been exposed to violence (Schwartz & Proctor, 2000).

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)

Developed by Felitti and colleagues (1998), the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Scale includes 17 items that measure childhood exposure to trauma such as psychological, physical, or sexual abuse, neglect, mental illness, domestic violence, divorce, and having a parent in prison. Higher scores on this scale mean that the respondent has gone through more types of childhood trauma.

Hierarchical Mapping Technique

Psychologist Toni Antonucci (1986) developed the Hierarchical Mapping Technique to measure the number and strength of respondents' relationships.

UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3)

Developed by psychologist Daniel Russell (1996), the UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3) is a 20-item measure that assesses how often a person feels disconnected from others.

Inclusion of Other in the Self (IOS) Scale

Social psychologist Arthur Aron and colleagues (1992) developed the single-item Inclusion of Other in the Self (IOS) scale to measure how close the respondent feels with another person or group.

Family Support and Strain

Sociologist Tonya Schuster and her team (1990) created the 8-item Family Support and Strain measure to assess how much people think their family members help or hinder them.

Collective Efficacy Scale

Created by sociologist Robert Sampson and colleagues (1997), the 10-item Collective Efficacy Scale measures how well communities work together to make things happen. The scale has two parts. The informal social control section assesses how likely neighbors are to intervene when there is trouble, and the social cohesion and trust section assesses how likely neighbors are to support each other in times of need.