Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
Primary |
PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 |
This 20-item measure assesses post-traumatic stress symptoms |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Trauma Related Guilt Inventory (TRGI) |
This is a 32-item self- report measure that is designed to measure guilt experienced as a result of a traumatic event. It is composed of three subscales including guilt cognitions, distress, and global guilt. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7) |
This is a 7-item self-report scale that assesses anxiety with excellent psychometric properties. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Patient Health Questionnaire- 9 (PHQ-9) |
This is a 9-item self-report questionnaire that assesses depression. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Burden Assessment Scale (BAS) |
This is a 19-item self- report questionnaire that assesses burden in caregivers of individuals with a close other with serious mental illness. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) |
This is a 10-item self- report questionnaire that assesses the degree to which individuals perceive life situations as stressful. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Experience of Shame Scale |
The is a 25-item self- report questionnaire that assesses feelings of embarrassment, self- consciousness, and shame. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (Brief-COPE) |
The is a 28-item self- report questionnaire that assesses coping styles in response to hardship. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Difficulties in Regulating Emotion Scale (DERS) |
This is a 36-item self- report scale measuring emotion dysregulation. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Single items from the WHOQOL-100 |
3 items from the 100-item self-report questionnaire will be used to measure perceived health, work functioning, and quality of life |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Dyadic Adjustment Scale - 1 item |
1 item from this self- report measure will be used to assess satisfaction with the relationship with one's close other with BPD/emotion dysregulation |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Ineffective Arguing Inventory |
This is an 8-item self- report measure that assesses the quality of arguments between the individual in the study and their close other with BPD/emotion dysregulation. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
The Family Questionnaire |
This is a 20-item measure that assesses expressed emotion in the context of having a close other with serious mental illness. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Posttraumatic Growth Inventory |
This is a 21-item measure that assesses growth and self-improvement that follows a stressful encounter. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Self Compassion Scale-Short form |
This is a 12-item self- report questionnaire that assesses one's self- compassion. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Brief Resilience Scale |
This is a 5-item self-report measure that assesses the ability to bounce back from stressors. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory-self blame subscale |
This is a 5-item subscale that examines the extent to which people feel self- blame for traumatic experiences |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
PANAS-hostility scale |
Six items measuring past week anger/hostility. |
Baseline, 3-4 weeks, 7 weeks, 13 weeks (phase 2 only), 17 weeks (phase 2 only). |
|
Secondary |
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire |
This is an 8-item scale examining the extent to which people feel satisfied with the program they received |
7 weeks |
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