An effective structure assessment on paper or as an interview
Rudolf H. Moos 
The HDLF is a structured assessment for patient and community groups that assesses health related factors such as alcohol consumption, drinking problems, and depression. It is a structured assessment procedure that can be administered either as an interview or as a questionnaire, and can be used with both patient and community groups.
The HDLF includes items covering socio-demographic factors as well as sets of indices that tap health-related and social functioning, chronic and acute life stressors, social resources, and help-seeking responses. While some of the indices are adapted from the work of other investigators, newer indices have been developed that may prove useful to investigators interested in the process of psychosocial adaptation among psychiatric and medical populations and among community populations.
The Manual (Sampler Set) includes both an Adult Form and a Youth Form for ages 12 through 18.
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Contents of Manual
- Procedures for administering and scoring the scales
- Normative data and tables for all indices correlations with other tests
- References
- Annotated bibliography of studies performed
Uses
- Health research
- To focus on the social resources people use to prevent and adapt to stressful life circumstances
- Other applications of the framework and the indices to psycho-social theory
- For research on depression and studies of the process of recovery and relapse among alcoholic patients
- Compares and reviews the current status and utility of existing measures of coping processes and responses and of social network resources
HDLF Indices and Their Related Scales
The four sets of indices measure:
- Individual Functioning
- Stressful Life Circumstances
- Social Network Resources
- Help-Seeking Responses
Sample References
- Billings, A., Cronkite, R., & Moos, R. (1983). Social-environmental factors in unipolar depression: Comparisons of depressed patients and nondepressed controls. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 92, 119 133.
- Billings, A., & Moos, R. (1984). Coping, stress, and social resources among adults with unipolar depression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 46, 877-891.
- Billings, A., & Moos, R. (1984). Treatment experiences of adults with unipolar depression: The influence of patient and life context factors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 52, 119-131.
- Brashares HJ, Catanzaro SJ. Mood Regulation Expectancies, Coping Responses, Depression, and Sense of Burden in Female Caregivers of Alzheimer's Patients. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 1994;182(8):437-442.
- Connis RT, Taylor TR, Gordon MJ et al. Changes in Cognitive and Social Functioning of Diabetic Patients Following Initiation of Insulin Therapy. Experimental Aging Research. 1989;15(2):51-60.
- Haley WE, Levine EG, Brown SL et al. Stress, Appraisal, Coping and Social Support as Predictors of Adaptational Outcome among Dementia Caregivers. Psychology and Aging. 1993;2(4):323-330.
- llasega C, Zerbe TM. Caregivers of frail rural older adults. Effects of an advanced practice nursing intervention. J Gerontol Nurs. 2002 Oct;28(10): 40-49.
- Mengel MB, Connis RT, Gordon MJ et al. The Relationship of Family Dynamics/Social Support to Patient Functioning in IDDM Patients on Intensive Insulin Therapy. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 1990;9:149-162.
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Professor of Psychiatry, Center for Health Policy / Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, California.