International Handbook of Behavioral Health Assessment

This handbook provides comprehensive coverage of self-report assessment instruments used in behavioral health research internationally. It presents different language versions, together with evidence for psychometric properties and the potential to compare scores across countries and languages. The book offers background on language issues, terminology, cross-cultural considerations during questionnaire development, translation, and indigenous perspectives. In addition, it reviews relevant statistical techniques, including multigroup confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory and Rasch analysis, generalizability theory, and network analysis. The handbook examines conceptual foundations, development, and psychometric properties of rating scales in determining the appropriateness of the scale for diverse cultural and linguistic contexts. It presents validated language versions of each scale to ensure convenience and accuracy in identifying relevant scales for projects. The book groups scales by areas of application ranging from addictions and affective disorders to quality of life, mindfulness, and general health contexts. It presents a range of self-report assessment tools used in behavioral health research for which more than one language version is available to assist in the selection of a relevant scale in a specific language as well as to identify gaps for future research and guide development of new language versions to capture insufficiently studied populations. Key areas of coverage include: - Nature and theoretical foundations of assessment. - Language and terminology in behavioral health assessment. - Cross-cultural validation of self-report scales. - Translation of self-report inventories. - Indigenous perspectives on behavioral health. - Statistical techniques used in scale developments and validation. - Addictions. - Affective disorders. - Coping. - Mindfulness. - Positive psychology constructs. - Quality of life, well-being, happiness, and life satisfaction. - Spirituality and connectedness. The International Handbook of Behavioral Health Assessment is an essential reference for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other mental health providers in clinical psychology, behavioral medicine, social work, developmental psychology, psychiatry, public health, complementary and alternative medicine, occupational therapy, and all interrelated disciplines.