PTSD: National Center for PTSD
Deployment Support from Family and Friends Scale
Deployment Support from Family and Friends Scale
Scale in the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory-2
DRRI-2 Section: I
Survey Label: "Support from Family/Friends"
Description
Measures extent to which an individual perceived emotional sustenance and instrumental assistance from family and friends back home during deployment. Emotional sustenance refers to the extent to which others provide the individual with understanding, companionship, a sense of belonging, and positive self-regard (e.g., feeling cared for by friends and family members, having people to talk to). Instrumental assistance refers to the extent to which the individual receives tangible aid such as help to accomplish tasks and material assistance or resources (e.g., being able to count on people to take care of finances or belongings while deployed).
Sample Item
- Item: During my deployment, I had family members or friends at home I could talk to when I had a problem.
- Response: 5-point Likert (1 = "Strongly disagree" to 5 = "Strongly agree")
To Obtain Measure
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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Our PTSD Consultation Program can answer administration or scoring questions: PTSDconsult@va.gov or 866-948-7880.
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