Abstract
Purpose: This study aims to review the development of strengths assessment in mental health services and evaluate the features of those newly developed strengths assessments.
Method: A systematic literature review approach was adopted to identify relevant articles from September 2010 to August 2021.
Results: The results reveals that 1) the Value in Action Inventory of Strengths is the most widely studied strengths assessment but contains shortcomings in the application of mental health services; 2) 12 strengths assessments have been newly developed, which demonstrated quantitative measure, brief questionnaire, and contextual consideration are the tendency of measure development; 3) domains of strengths assessments were categorized into individual strengths, environmental strengths, and interpersonal strengths, in which individual strengths was the most commonly focus; 4) strengths conceptualization and psychometric properties are two remained limitations of existing strengths assessments.
Discussion: Developing a brief, quantitative, holistic, contextualized, recovery-oriented, psychometrically sound, and strengths-based assessment for people with mental illnesses is promising. © 2022 Taylor & Francis.
Method: A systematic literature review approach was adopted to identify relevant articles from September 2010 to August 2021.
Results: The results reveals that 1) the Value in Action Inventory of Strengths is the most widely studied strengths assessment but contains shortcomings in the application of mental health services; 2) 12 strengths assessments have been newly developed, which demonstrated quantitative measure, brief questionnaire, and contextual consideration are the tendency of measure development; 3) domains of strengths assessments were categorized into individual strengths, environmental strengths, and interpersonal strengths, in which individual strengths was the most commonly focus; 4) strengths conceptualization and psychometric properties are two remained limitations of existing strengths assessments.
Discussion: Developing a brief, quantitative, holistic, contextualized, recovery-oriented, psychometrically sound, and strengths-based assessment for people with mental illnesses is promising. © 2022 Taylor & Francis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 746-775 |
| Journal | Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Online published | 31 Aug 2022 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Research Keywords
- clinical assessment
- mental health recovery
- psychometric testing
- strengths-based practice