Study instruments and tools must be provided at the time of protocol submission. Information that establishes the validity of the instrument/tool should be included in the protocol.
Information about the validation of study tools assists the IRB in its deliberations about the scientific validity of the proposed study.
Additional Considerations: Study Instruments That Ask Sensitive Questions
Study instruments that include sensitive information - for example, questions about alcohol/illicit drug use, aggressive/violent behavior and/or illegal behavior - can place subjects at risk. The IRB will usually require that investigators obtain a Certificate of Confidentiality to ensure that risks to subjects are minimized for the following instruments:
- Child Behavior Checklist - Youth Self-Report (CBCL-YSR) which includes questions about alcohol use and aggression;
- Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) which includes alcohol use, theft and aggression;
- Psychological Assessment Tool (PAT)
- Survey of Well-Being of Young Children (SWYC)
- K-SADS-PL which includes questions about alcohol, tobacco and PTSD symptoms.
- Multi-Dimensional Assessment Profile of Disruptive Behavior (MAP-DB) which includes sensitive questions
- M.I.N.I. - MINI International Psychiatric Interview. Note: This instrument also requires the consent of all subjects 14 years and older
- NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scales.
Accepted Validated Measures
To minimize effort and to avoid duplication, the IRB provides a listing of study measures that are considered validated. They include instruments maintained by CHOP's Center for Human Phenomic Science (CHPS) as well as instruments submitted by investigators that have evidence of test validity (e.g., published data and/or validation of standardized measures).
If investigators plan to use a study measure that has evidence of test validity and wish them to be added to the list, please contact the IRB office with the pertinent data (copy of the test and supportive documentation) and request the tool to be added to the list.
There is no need to attach a study instrument/tool to the eIRB system if it is included in the listing on this page.
Please note: Available versions are listed in the middle column; If a newer version is being used for a study it is not necessary to attach a copy of the tool; however please indicate that it is a more current version of the validated instrument:
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Aberrant Behavior Checklist, Version 2 | ABC-2 | |
| Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment | Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) | ASEBA |
| Child Behavior Checklist component of ASEBA | CBCL | |
| CBCL Caregiver-Teacher Report 1.5-5 yrs | CTR | |
| Child Behavior Checklist 1.5-5 yrs | CBCL | |
| Child Behavior Checklist 4-18 yrs | CBCL | |
| Child Behavior Checklist 6-18 yrs | CBCL | |
| Teacher Report Form 6-18 yrs TR | ||
| Youth Self-Report 11-18 yrs YSR | ||
| ACL - Return to Sport after Injury | ACL-RSI | |
| Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Third Edition | ABAS-3 | |
| ABAS-3 Parent Form 0-5 yrs | ||
| ABAS-3 Parent Form 5-21 yrs | ||
| ABAS-3 Parent Form 16-89 yrs | ||
| ABAS-3 Teacher/Daycare Provider Form 2-5 yrs | ||
| ABAS-3 Teacher Form 5-21 yrs | ||
| ADHD Rating Scale – 5 for Children and Adolescents | ADHD Rating Scale-5 | |
| Ages and Stages Questionnaire | ASQ | |
| Animal Naming Forms | ||
| Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised | WPS edition | ADI-R |
| Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition | ADOS-2 | |
| Toddler Module | ||
| Modules 1-4 | ||
| Autism Observation Scale for Infants | AOSI | |
| Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition | BASC-3 | |
| Bayley Scale of Infant Development, Fourth Edition | Bayley-4 | |
| Bayley-4 Record Forms for Cognitive, Language and Motor Administration | ||
| Bayley-4 Observation Checklist | ||
| Bayley-4 Motor Record Form | ||
| Bayley-4 Cognitive Record Form | ||
| Bayley-4 Language Record Form | ||
| Bayley-4 Cognitive, Language and Motor Record Form | ||
| Bayley-4 Social-Emotional & Adaptive Behavior Questionnaire | ||
| Beck Depression Inventory-II | BDI-II | |
| Beery-Buktenica Dev. Test of Visual-Motor Integration-IV, V | Previous Editions | VMI |
| Beery-Buktenica Dev. Test of Visual-Motor Integration, Sixth Edition | Beery VMI | |
| Beery VMI 2-18 yrs (Full Form) | ||
| Beery VMI 2-7 yrs (Short Form) | ||
| Beery VMI Visual Perception 2-18 yrs | ||
| Beery VMI Motor Coordination 2-18 yrs VMI-MC | ||
| Behavior Assessment System for Children | BASC (1st & 2nd Edition) | BASC, BASC-2 |
| Behavior Assessment System for Children-Third Edition | BASC-3 | |
| Structured Developmental History | SDH | |
| BASC-3 Teacher Rating Scales - Preschool 2-5 | TRS-P | |
| BASC-3 Teacher Rating Scales - Child 6-11 | TRS-C | |
| BASC-3 Teacher Rating Scales - Adolescent 12-21 | TRS-A | |
| BASC-3 Parent Rating Scales - Preschool 2-5 | PRS-P | |
| BASC-3 Parent Rating Scales - Child 6-11 | PRS-C | |
| BASC-3 Parent Rating Scales - Adolescent 12-21 | PRS-A | |
| BASC-3 Self-Report of Personality Interview - Ages 6-7 | SRP-Interview | |
| BASC-3 Self-Report of Personality - Child 8-11 | SRP-C | |
| BASC-3 Self-Report of Personality - Adolescent 12-21 | SRP-A | |
| BASC-3 Self-Report of Personality - College 18-25 | SRP-COL | |
| BASC-3 Structured Developmental History | SDH | |
| Parent Feedback Report - Teacher Rating Scales | ||
| Parent Feedback Report - Parent Rating Scales | ||
| Parent Feedback Report - Self-Report of Personality | ||
| BASC-3 Student Observation System | SOS | |
| Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition | BRIEF-2 | |
| BRIEF-A Informant Report | BRIEF-A | |
| BRIEF-A Self-Report Form | BRIEF-A | |
| BRIEF Parent Form | BRIEF | |
| BRIEF Teacher Form | BRIEF | |
| BRIEF-P Preschool Version | BRIEF-P | |
| Benton Test of Facial Recognition | Also known as Benton Facial Recognition Test | BFRT |
| Bracken Basic Concept Scale Receptive-Third Edition: Receptive | BRACKEN-3:R | |
| Examiner’s Manual, Stimulus Manual, Record Forms | Bracken Basic Concept Scale Expressive | BBCS:E |
| BBCS-E Parent Report | ||
| BBCS-E Teacher Report | ||
| Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised | BVMT-R | |
| Benton Visual Retention Test – Fifth Edition | B-VRT | |
| Brief Symptom Inventory | BSI | |
| Nonpatient adolescent | ||
| Outpatient Psychiatric | ||
| Inpatient Psychiatric | ||
| Nonpatient adult | ||
| Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire | BAPQ | |
| Buschke Selective Reminding Test | SRT | |
| SRT Form 1 5-8 | ||
| SRT Form 2 5-8 | ||
| SRT Form 1 9-12 | ||
| SRT Form 2 9-12 | ||
| SRT Form 2 13+ | ||
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| California Verbal Learning Test | CVLT | |
| Earlier version (CVLT-II) | ||
| California Verbal Learning Test-Third Edition | CVLT-3 | |
| CVLT-3 Standard Form | ||
| CVLT-3 Short Form | ||
| CVLT-3 Alternate Form | ||
| California Verbal Learning Test-Children's Version | CVLT-C | |
| Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language, Second Edition | Previous version CASL | CASL-2 |
| Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory - 4 | CASI-4R | |
| Child Behavior Checklist | SEE ASEBA entry | CBCL |
| Child Health Questionnaire | CHQ | |
| Parent Report Form CHQ-PF50 | ||
| Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Second Editio | CARS-2 | |
| Children's Communication Checklist-2 | CCC-2 | |
| Children's Depression Inventory 2 | CDI 2 | |
| Self-report | ||
| Parent Report | ||
| Teacher Report | ||
| Children's Development Inventory | CDI | |
| CDI Parent Booklets | ||
| CDI Answer Sheets | ||
| CDI Profile Forms | ||
| Children's Memory Scale | CMS | |
| CMS 5-8 yrs | ||
| CMS 9-16 yrs | ||
| Children's Inventory for Psychiatric Syndromes | ChIPS | |
| ChIPS Report Form | ||
| ChIPS Profile Form | ||
| Clinical Evalution of Language Fundamentals (3rd/4th Edition) | CELF 3 or 4 | |
| Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile | CSBS-DP | |
| Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale | C-SSRS | |
| C-SSRS Baseline | ||
| C-SSRS Since Last Visit | ||
| Conners Continuous Performance Test-II | CPT-II | |
| Conners Parent Rating Scale-Revised (S) | Conners | |
| Conners Abbreviated Symptom Questionnaire | Conners Abbrev. | |
| Controlled Oral Word Association | COWA | |
| Coping Questionnaire | CQ-C/P | |
| Cystic Fibrosis Questionaire-Revised | CFQ-R | |
| CFQ-R 12 - 13 years | ||
| CFQ-R 14 - Adult | ||
| Developmental Behavior Checklist revised 2 | DBC2 | |
| Differential Abilities Scale | DAS | |
| Earlier version DAS | DAS | |
| Differential Abilities Scale - II | DAS-II | |
| Preschool Record Form | ||
| School-Age Record Form | ||
| Speed of Information Processing Response Booklet A | ||
| Speed of Information Processing Response Booklet B | ||
| Speed of Information Processing Response Booklet C | ||
| Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System | D-KEFS | |
| D-KEFS Alternate Record Form | ||
| D-KEFS Standard Record Form | ||
| D-KEFS Color-Word Inference Test | ||
| D-KEFS Design Fluency Test | ||
| D-KEFS Tower Test Record Form | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Visual Scanning | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Number Sequencing | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Letter Sequencing | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Number Letter Switching | ||
| D-KEFS Trail MakingTest Motor Speed | ||
| Early Development Questionnaire | EDQ | |
| Edinburgh Handedness Inventory | Edinburgh | |
| Epworth Sleepiness Scale | modified | ESS |
| Euro-QoL 3-level | Earlier version EVT | EQ-5D-3L |
| Expressive Vocabulary Test – Second Edition | EVT-2 | |
| Finger Localization (Benton) | Record Form | |
| Functional Independence Measure for Children | WeeFIM, WeeFIM-II | |
| Lafayette Grooved Pegboard Test | GV'D PGBD | |
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Handedness | HAND'DNS | |
| HAND'DNS Form 1-2:11 | ||
| HAND'DNS Form 3-4:5 | ||
| Hollingshead Four Factor Index of Social Status | SES measure | Hollingshead |
| Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised | HVLT-R | |
| Form 1 | ||
| Form 2 | ||
| Form 3 | ||
| Form 4 | ||
| Form 5 | ||
| Form 6 | ||
| The Hospital of Special Surgery Pediatric Functional Activity Brief Scale | HSS Pedi-FABS | |
| Infant Behavior Questionnaire – Revised | IBQ-R | |
| Judgment of Line Orientation | JLO | |
| Form A | ||
| Form H | ||
| Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, Second Edition | KBIT-2 website | KBIT-2 |
| Keymath | Keymath | |
| Kiddie Continuous Performance Test | KCPT | |
| Lysholm Knee Questionnaire/Tegner Activity Scale | Tegner/Lysholm | |
| MacArthur-Bates Communicative Dev. Invent: Words & Sentences | ||
| MINI International Psychiatric Interview | M.I.N.I. pubmed link | M.I.N.I. |
| Mullen Scales of Early Learning | MULLEN | |
| Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, 2nd Edition | MASC-2 website | MASC-2 |
| Multi-Dimensional Assessment Profile of Disruptive Behavior () | J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psych 2014 | MAP-DB |
| 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey | 2009 | YRBS |
| Negative Affectivity Self-Statement Questionnaire | NASSQ | |
| NEPSY | NEPSY | |
| NEPSY 3-4 Record Form | ||
| NEPSY 5-12 Record Form | ||
| NEPSY 5-12 Response Booklet 5-12 | ||
| NEPSY-II Second Edition | NEPSY-II | |
| NEPSY-II 3-4 Record Form | ||
| NEPSY-II 3-4 Response Booklet | ||
| NEPSY-II 5-16 Record Form | ||
| NEPSY-II 5-16 Response Booklet | ||
| NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scales | NICHQ Scales & Instructions | NIHCQ Vanderbilt |
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Parent Version-Children's Inventory for Psychiatric Syndromes | P-ChIPS | |
| Parenting Stress Index | PSI | |
| Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test | PASAT | |
| Peabody Developmental Motor Scales | 2nd Edition | PDMS-2 |
| Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test IIIA | PPVT-IIIA | |
| Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test IIIB | PPVT-IIIB | |
| Pediatric Behavior Rating Scale 2008 | PBRS | |
| Pediatric Health Questionnaire | ||
| Pediatric Health Questionnaire Follow-up | ||
| Pediatric International Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form | validation paper | Pedi-IKDC |
| Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory | Version 6: October 2010 | PedsQL |
| PedsQL Neuromuscular Modules | ||
| Note: all versions of the PedsQL are considered validated | ||
| Personal Census Data Form | PER-CEN | |
| Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales | PKBS | |
| Preschool Language Scale-3 | PLS-3 | |
| Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System | PROMIS website | PROMIS |
| Purdue Pegboard | PEGBOARD | |
| Rapid Assessment of Adult Literacy in Medicine, Revised | REALM-R | |
| Rey Complex Figure Test & Recognition Trial Test Booklet | RCFT | |
| Record Form | ||
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) | SCARED | |
| SCARED Child Self-Report Version | ||
| SCARED Child Parent Version | ||
| Sensory Profile | ||
| Sensory Profile Caregiver Questionnaire | ||
| Sensory Profile Adolescent/Adult | ||
| Short Form Health Survey | ||
| Short Form (36) Health Survey v2 | SF-36 | |
| Short Form (12) Health Survey | SF-12 | |
| Social Communication Questionnaire | SCQ | |
| Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition | SRS-2 website | SRS-2 |
| Social Skills Rating System | SSRS | |
| Social Responsiveness Scale | SRS | |
| State-Trait AnxietyInventory for Children | STAIC | |
| Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale - Fourth Edition | SBIS-IV | |
| Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale - Fifth Edition | SBIS-V | |
| Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire 2001 | SDQ | |
| Stress Index for Parents of Adolescents | SIPA | |
| Stroop Color and Word Test-Adult Version | STROOP | |
| The Survey of Wel-lbeing of Young Children | SWYC website SWYC Forms |
SWYC |
| Symbol Digit Modalities Test | SDMT | |
| Test of Early Language Development-III-Owned by study 1912 | TELD-III | |
| TELD-III Form A | ||
| TELD-III Form B | ||
| Test of Everyday Attention for Children | T.O.V.A. website | T.O.V.A. |
| Test of Variables of Attention | TEA-CH | |
| Theory of Mind Inventory | ToMI | |
| Tower of London-Drexler University | TOL-DX | |
| TOL-DX Child 7-15 yrs | ||
| TOL-DX Child 16+ yrs | ||
| Trail Making-Short Form | ||
| Part A | ||
| Part B | ||
| Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire | TSQM 1.4 | TSQM |
| Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test | UNIT | |
| Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales | Vineland | |
| Interview Edition Survey Form | ||
| Instrument | Version | Abbreviation |
| Wechsler Adlt Intelligence Scale-III | WAIS-III | |
| WAIS-III Record Form | ||
| WAIS-III Response Form | ||
| Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence | WASI | |
| Wechsler Individual Achievement Test | WIAT | |
| WIAT Record Form | ||
| WIAT Response Form | ||
| WIAT Screener Record Form | ||
| Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-II | WIAT-II | |
| WIAT-II Record Form | ||
| WIAT-II Response Form | ||
| Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III | WISC-III | |
| WISC-III Record Form | ||
| WISC-III Symbol Search Response Booklet | ||
| WISC-III Maze Response Booklet | ||
| Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV | WISC-IV | |
| WISC-IV Record Form | ||
| WISC-IV Response Form 1 | ||
| WISC-IV Response Form 2 | ||
| Wechsler Memory Scale-III | WMS-III | |
| Wechsler Memory Scale-IV | WMS-IV | |
| WMS-IV Adult Battery (Ages 16-69) Record Form | ||
| WMS-IV Older Adult Battery (Ages 65-90) Record Form | ||
| WMS-IV Response Booklet | ||
| Wechsler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence-R | WPPSI-R | |
| WPPSI Record Form | ||
| WPPSI Mazes Booklet | ||
| WPPSI Geometric Design Sheets | ||
| Wechsler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence-III | WPPSI-III | |
| WPPSI Record Form 2.6-3.11 | ||
| WPPSI Record Form 4.0-7.3 | ||
| WPPSI Response Booklet | ||
| Wide Range Achievement of Memory and Learning | WRAML | |
| WRAML Examiner Form | ||
| WRAML Picture & Memory Response Form | ||
| Wide Range Achievement of Memory and Learning-2 | WRAML2 | |
| WRAML2 Examiner Form | ||
| Wide Range Achievement Test 3 | WRAT3 | |
| Blue Test Form | ||
| Tan Test Form | ||
| Profile/Analysis Form | ||
| Wide Range Achievement Test 4 | WRAT4 | |
| Blue Test Form | ||
| Blue Response Form | ||
| Green Test Form | ||
| Green Response Form | ||
| Woodcock Johnson Cognitive Test-III | WJ-C-III | |
| Audio Recording for Forms A&B | ||
| Test Record (Std & Extended Batteries-Form A) | ||
| Subject Response Booklet | ||
| Woodcock Johnson Achievement Test-III | WJ-A-III | |
| Audio Recording for Forms A&B | ||
| Test Record (Std & Extended Batteries) | ||
| Subject Response Booklet | ||
| Woodcock Johnson Achievement Test-R | WJ-A-R | |
| WJ-A-R Test Record-Form A | ||
| WJ-A-R Subject Response Booklet-Form A | ||
| Woodcock Johnson Cognitive Test-R | WJ-C-R | |
| WJ-C-R Test Record |