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Personal and Social Performance Scale.

PSP

What it measures
Clinician-rated personal/social functioning in 4 areas (socially useful activities, personal/social relationships, self-care, disturbing/aggressive behaviour); single 1-100 score
Length and format
4 area ratings -> single 1-100 score. 6-point severity per area (absent - extremely severe) anchored to a 100-point global scale (clinician-rated/interview)
Language versions
Many incl. ES, PT, DE, EL, TH, ZH, JA; validated in multiple countries
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
copyrighted - author permission

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Reference
Morosini, P.L., et al. (2000). Development, reliability and acceptability of a new version of the DSM-IV SOFAS to assess routine social functioning. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 101(4), 323-329.

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