Description
Book SynopsisTraditionally, assessment and evaluation have focused on the negative aspects or deficits of a client''s presentation. Yet strengths, health, and those things that are going right in a person''s life are key protective factors in the prevention and treatment of manymental health problems. Thus, measuring strengths is an important component of a balanced assessment and evaluation process. This is the first compendium of more than 140 valid and reliable strengths-based assessment tools that clinicians, researchers, educators, and program evaluators can use to assess a wide array of positive attributes, including well-being, mindfulness, optimism, resilience, humor, aspirations, values, sources of support, emotional intelligence, and much more. These tools provide a clear picture of anindividual's strengths while being easy to complete, score, and interpret.
The scales and instruments included are consistently formatted, are organized according to construct measures, and include
