PTSD: National Center for PTSD
Concerns about Life and Family Disruption Scale
Concerns about Life and Family Disruption Scale
Scale in the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory-2
DRRI-2 Section: L
Survey Label: "Life and Family Concerns"
Description
Measures worries that deployment might negatively affect other important life domains. These include primarily family-related concerns (e.g., damaging relationships with spouse or children or missing significant events such as birthdays, weddings, graduations, and deaths), as well as career-related concerns (i.e., losing a job or otherwise harming one's career).
Sample Item
- Item: While I was deployed, I was concerned about the effect of the deployment on my relationship with my spouse or significant other.
- Response: 4-point Likert (1 = "Not at all" to 4 = "A great deal"; additional option of 0 = "Not applicable")
To Obtain Scale
This measure was created by staff at VA's National Center for PTSD.
Download the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory-2:
- DRRI-2 Scales (PDF)
- DRRI-2 Manual (PDF)
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