Attachment B CF Participant Outcomes Survey Source Scales

ATTACHMENT B
Participant Outcomes Survey – Source Scales for Survey Items
Creative Expression items were newly developed by Creative Forces. The remaining items were drawn
from the following validated scales.
Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)
Reference: Smith, B. W., Dalen, J., Wiggins, K., Tooley, E., Christopher, P., & Bernard, J. (2008).
The brief resilience scale: assessing the ability to bounce back. International journal of
behavioral medicine, 15(3), 194-200.
Permission: The BRS can be used for research and education if it is properly cited and the
authors are acknowledged (Smith et al., 2008).
Enriched Life Scale: Engaged Citizenship Subscale (EECS) and Sense of Purpose Subscale (ESPS)
Reference: Angel, C.M., Woldetsadik, M.A., Armstrong, N.J., Young, B.B., Uveges, R.L., Maury,
R.V., & Pinter, J.M. (2018). The Enriched Life Scale: Development, exploratory factor analysis,
and preliminary construct validity for U.S. Military Veteran and Civilian Samples. Translational
Behavioral
Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/iby109
Permission: The Enriched Life Scale is copyright to Team Red, White & Blue. Permission to the
use the instrument is granted as long as proper credit is given using this citation: Team Red,
White & Blue (2017). Enriched Life Scale. Tampa, Florida: Team Red, White & Blue.
Canada Social Provisions Scale (CSPS) (5-item version) plus one additional item [SPS 1]
Reference (5-item version): Orpana, H.M., Lang, J.J., & Yurkowski, K. Validation of a brief version
of the Social Provisions Scale using Canadian national survey data. Health Promotion and Chronic
Disease Prevention in Canada, 39(12), 323-332. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.39.12.02
Permission: The 10-item version is in the public domain and must reference Cutrona, C. E. and
Russell, D. (1987). The provisions of social relationships and adaptation to stress. In W. H. Jones
& D. Perlman (dir.) Advances in personal relationships (vol. 1, p. 37-67). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument, Short Form (WHOQOL-BREF)
References: World Health Organization. Division of Mental Health. (1996). WHOQOL-BREF :
introduction, administration, scoring and generic version of the assessment : field trial version,
December 1996. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/63529

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World Health Organization. (1998). Programme on mental health : WHOQOL user manual, 2012
revision. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/77932
Skevington SM, Lotfy M, O'Connel KA, WHOQOL Group. (2004). The World Health Organization's
WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment: psychometric properties and results of the
international field trial. A report from the WHOQOL group. Quality of Life Research, 13(2), 299310.
Permission: The instrument is publicly available.

Participant Outcomes Survey – Demographic Items
Age

Veterans Administration population data collection

Military connection

Creative Forces

Race/ethnicity

U.S. Census, modified (two options added: Other Racial/Ethnic Group, Prefer not
to say)

Gender

National Endowment for the Arts previously cleared information collection
(Poetry Out Loud evaluation study, 2018)

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