Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
Other |
Posttraumatic Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) |
The PCL-5 is a 20-item self-report measure that will assess PTSD symptom severity in the past month. Items are scored from 0 to 4 and summed to create a total score ranging from 0 to 80. Higher scores indicate greater symptom severity. |
Administered at baseline and follow-up assessment within 1 week of study completion. |
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Other |
Expression of Moral Injury Scale-Military Version (EMIS-M) |
The EMIS-M is a 17-item self-report measure of expressions of distress related to a moral injury directed at both self and others. Items are scored from 1 to 5 and summed to create a total score ranging from 17 to 85. Higher scores indicate greater moral injury-related distress. |
Administered at baseline and follow-up assessment within 1 week of study completion. |
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Other |
World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) |
The WHOQOL-BREF is a 26-item self-report measure of overall quality of life with 4 domains (physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment) and will be used to assess perceptions of psychological health and quality of social relationships. Items are scored from 1 to 5 and summed to create sum scores for each domain, with higher scores indicating greater functioning. The psychological health domain score ranges from 6 to 30 and the social relationships domain score ranges from 3 to 15. |
Administered at baseline and follow-up assessment within 1 week of study completion. |
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Other |
Prosocialness Scale (PS) - Self-report |
The PS is a 16-item measure that will be completed by Veterans (self-report) to assess their prosocial behaviors and tendencies to help others. Items are scored from 1 to 5 and summed to create a total score ranging from 16 to 80. Higher scores indicate greater prosocial behavior. |
Administered at baseline and follow-up assessment within 1 week of study completion. |
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Other |
Impact Message Inventory (IMI) |
The IMI is a 59-item measure that will assess the Veterans' interpersonal behaviors, as rated by a Significant Other of the Veteran (observational). Items are scored from 1 to 4 and summed to create eight subscale scores that represent different types of interpersonal behavior or impact on the Significant Other (e.g., hostile, friendly, dominant). Each subscale score ranges from 7 to 28. Higher subscale scores indicate a greater level of interpersonal impact within that domain. |
Administered at baseline and follow-up assessment within 1 week of study completion. |
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Other |
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-Short Form (PANAS-SF) |
The PANAS-SF is a 10-item self-report measure of positive and negative affect, which will assess general affect experienced since the prior session. Items are scored from 1 to 5 and summed to create two subscale scores for positive and negative affect, each ranging from 5 to 25. Higher scores indicate higher levels of affect experienced. |
Repeated measure administered during online sessions 1-8 (approximately every Monday & Thursday for 4 weeks of study participation). |
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Other |
Positive and Negative Social Exchange (PANSE) |
The PANSE is a 24-item self-report measure of the frequency and impact of positive and negative social interactions, which will assess interactions experienced since the prior session. Items are scored from 0 to 4 and summed to create four domains for positive interactions (e.g., emotional support) and four domains for negative interactions (e.g., rejection or neglect). Total scores for each domain range from 0 to 12. Higher scores on a given domain indicates higher frequency of that interaction type. |
Repeated measure administered during online sessions 1-8 (approximately every Monday & Thursday for 4 weeks of study participation). |
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Other |
Response to Positive Affect Scale (RPA) |
The RPA is a 17-item self-report measure of rumination on positive affective states and will assess responses to positive affect in daily life since the prior session. Items are scored from 1 to 4 and summed to create three subscale scores: dampening (range: 8-32), self-focused positive rumination (range: 4-16), and emotion-focused positive rumination (range: 5-20). Higher scores on a given subscale indicate greater frequency of that rumination response. |
Repeated measure administered during online sessions 1-8 (approximately every Monday & Thursday for 4 weeks of study participation). |
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Other |
Compassionate Goals (CG) |
The CG is a 7-item self-report questionnaire will measure Veterans' rating of their compassion-based motivations in their interactions with others since the prior session. Items are scored from 1 to 5 and summed to create a total score ranging from 7 to 35. Higher scores indicate greater compassion-based motivations. |
Repeated measure administered during online sessions 1-8 (approximately every Monday & Thursday for 4 weeks of study participation). |
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Other |
Prosocialness Scale (PS) - Observer rating |
The PS is a 16-item measure that will be completed by a Significant Other of the Veteran (observational) to assess their perspective of a Veteran's prosocial behaviors and tendencies to help others. Items are scored from 1 to 5 and summed to create a total score ranging from 16 to 80. Higher scores indicate greater prosocial behavior. |
Administered at baseline and follow-up assessment within 1 week of study completion. |
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Primary |
Treatment Evaluation Inventory-Short Form (TEI-SF) |
The TEI-SF is a 9-item self-report measure that will assess acceptability of the moral elevation intervention and its procedure. Items are scored from 1 to 5 and summed to create a total score ranging from 9 to 45. Higher scores indicate greater acceptability. |
Follow-up assessment within 1 week of study completion. |
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Primary |
Exercise-Specific Satisfaction Survey (ESSS) |
The ESSS is a 4-item self-report measure that will assess acceptability of and satisfaction with the moral elevation exercises within the intervention condition. Items are scored from 1 to 9 and summed to create a total score ranging from 4 to 36. Higher scores indicate greater perceived helpfulness and satisfaction with moral elevation exercises. |
Follow-up assessment within 1 week of study completion. |
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Secondary |
Elevation Scale (ES) |
The ES is a 13-item self-report measure of the degree to which state-level moral elevation is experienced. Items are scored from 1 to 4. Ten items are summed to create a total score ranging from 10 to 40. Higher total scores indicate higher levels of state moral elevation. The remaining 3 items not included in the total score are not characteristic of elevation and are used to screen for individuals that may endorse all items. |
Repeated measure administered during online sessions 1-8 (approximately every Monday & Thursday for 4 weeks of study participation). |
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