The SOS-10 is a brief self-report scale of 10 items that measures psychological health and well-being. The original publication rather nicely describes it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nOur results suggest that the scale appears to mea-
sure a broad domain of psychological health<\/p>\nAbsract, p. 359 in Blais, M. A., Lenderking, W. R., Baer, L., deLorrell, A., Peets, K., Leahy, L., & Burns, C. (1999). Development and initial validation of a brief mental health outcome measure. Journal of Personality Assessment, 79(3), 359\u2013373. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1207\/s15327752jpa7303_5<\/a>. [Not OA]<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe time span is the last seven days and items are scored between 0 and 6 where 0 is anchored by “Never” and 6 by “All of the time or nearly all of the time”. All items are positively cued and simple scoring is from 0 to 60. It can be used for assessment or for change measurement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Details<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
There are at least three translations of the measure. The original paper gave logit difficulty scores for each item illustrating that they covered a substantial range of “difficulty”. I believe the measure remains free to use for unfunded research and clinical services on application to the MAPI\/ePROVIDE repository.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have used it in a number of CORE studies as a convergent validity check measure, these include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Paz, C., Evans, C., Valdiviezo-O\u00f1a, J., & Osejo-Taco, G. (2020). Acceptability and Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Translation of the Schwartz Outcome Scale-10 (SOS-10-E) Outside the United States: A Replication and Extension in a Latin American Context. Journal of Personality Assessment, 1\u201310. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00223891.2020.1825963<\/a>. [Open access]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Paz, C., Hermosa-Bosano, C., & Evans, C. (2021). What Happens When Individuals Answer Questionnaires in Two Different Languages. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 688397. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2021.688397<\/a>. [Open access]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Zhang, Y., Hu, J., Evans, C., Jin, L. W., Wu, M. Y., Wang, C. Y., Zhang, X. J., Lu, W. H., & Chen, G. P. (2020). Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the clinical outcomes in routine evaluation-outcome measure (CORE-OM). British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2, 289\u2013299. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03069885.2019.1682120<\/a>. [Not OA, contact me<\/a> and ask for a copy but do give me the reference so I know what you want!)]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Try also<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
CORE system<\/a>
ePROVIDE<\/a>
Information in the MAPI research Trust ePROVIDE database<\/a>
MAPI Research Trust<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nChapters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Not mentioned in the OMbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Online resources<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
None yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dates<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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