Youth Empowerment Scale–Mental Health (YES-MH)
Walker et al.‚ 2010
مقیاس توانمندسازی جوانان
SELF
1. I focus on the good things in life‚ not just the problems.
2. I make changes in my life so I can live successfully with my emotional or mental health challenges.
3. I feel I can take steps toward the future I want.
4. I worry that difficulties related to my mental health or emotions will keep me from having a good life.*
5. I know how to take care of my mental or emotional health.
6. When problems arise with my mental health or emotions‚ I handle them pretty well..
7. I feel my life is under control.
SERVICE
8. When a service or support is not working for me‚ I take steps to get it changed.
9. I tell service providers what I think about services I get from them.
10.I believe that services and supports can help me reach my goals.
11.I am overwhelmed when I have to make a decision about my services or supports.*
12.My opinion is just as important as service providers’ opinions in deciding what services and supports I need.
13.I know the steps to take when I think that I am receiving poor services or supports.
14.I understand how my services and supports are supposed to help me.
15.I work with providers to adjust my services or supports so they fi t my needs.
SYSTEM
16.I feel I can help improve services or supports for young people with emotional or mental health difficulties.
17.I have ideas about how to improve services for young people with emotional or mental health difficulties.
18.I know about the legal rights that young people with mental health difficulties have.
19.I feel that trying to change mental health services and supports is a waste of time.*
20.I take opportunities to speak out and educate people about what it’s like to experience emotional or mental health difficulties.
21.I feel that I can use my knowledge and experience to help other young people with emotional or mental health difficulties.
22.I tell people in agencies and schools how services for young people can be improved.
23.I help other young people learn about services or supports that might help them.
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Youth Participation in Planning (YPP)
Please answer these questions based on your experiences WITH YOUR PLANNING TEAM during the PAST 2-3 MONTHS.
1. During planning‚ I have plenty of opportunities to express my ideas.
2. I understand what's in my plan.
3. I help decide what is on the agenda for my team meetings.
4. Team members have specific tasks to do for my plan.
5. During planning‚ we make changes to my plan based on my ideas.
6. The goals on my plan are unrealistic.
7. I get an up-to-date copy of my plan.
8. Before a meeting‚ I am able to get answers to any questions I have about my participation in the meeting.
9. My plan fits with my background and values.
10.Before a meeting‚ someone helps me decide how I want to express my ideas to the team.
11.When we are working on my plan‚ people use professional language that is difficult to understand.
12.I get to make decisions about the best ways to reach the goals in my plan.
13.Before a team meeting‚ I am told about all the topics that will be on the agenda.
14.Team members report to me about what they are doing for my plan.
15.I understand everything that is decided while we are working on my plan.
16.I help decide who is invited to my meetings.
17.My plan helps me see that I can use my skills and abilities to reach my goals.
18.During a meeting‚ the team makes clear decisions about who will do what for my plan.
19.My plan is more about what other people want than about what I want.
20.Team members follow through on what they have agreed to do for my plan.
21.Someone from the team helps me plan the things I want to say at the meeting.
22.During a meeting‚ people stick to the agenda.
23.My plan includes the goals that are most important to me.
شرح سایت روان سنجی: این مقیاس برای سنجش احساس توانمندی جوانان 9-21 سال دارای شرایط سلامت روانی وخیم هستند، طراحی شده است. زمینه های خود مدیریتی شرایط سلامت روانی (اعتماد و خوش بینی درباره مقابله با شرایط خود)، خود مدیریتی خدمات و پشتیبانی (اعتماد به نفس و خوش بینی در همکاری و همراهی با خدمت دهنده برای دریافت خدمت و پشتیبانی) و بهره گیری از تجربه ها و دانش برای کمک به همسالان (اعتماد به نفس و خوش بینی در بهتر کردن خدمات و یاری و آگاهی دادن به دیگران) را در بر دارد.
اعتبار: هماهنگی درونی، آلفا کرونباخ برای کل ابزار 0.91، خود 0.85، خدمات 0.83، نظام 0.88 . ثبات در نمونه ای کوچکتر پس از 6 ماه 0.73 برای کل، 0.72 برای خود، 0.95 برای خدمات و 0.71 برای نظام
نمره گذاری:
5=Always or Almost Always‚ 4= Mostly‚ 3= Sometimes‚ 2=Rarely‚ 1= Never or Almost Never
چگونگی دستیابی
منبع برای آگاهی بیشتر
Walker‚ J. S.‚ Thorne‚ E.‚ Powers‚ L.‚ & Gaonkar‚ R. (2009). Development of a scale to measure the Empowerment of Youth Consumers of Mental Health Services. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders‚ 18(1)‚ 51–59.
Walker et al.‚ )2010). Youth Empowerment Scale–Mental Health. In: Simmons C. A.‚ Lehmann P. (eds). Tools for strengths-based assessment and evaluation‚ New York‚ NY: Springer‚ pp. 517-519. (2013). Google Scholar