Life Skills Profile (LSP-16)

The abbreviated Life Skills Profile (LSP-16; Rosen et al., 1989) is a clinician-rated assessment that contains 16 items which provide a key measure of function and disability for people with mental illness. The focus of LSP-16 is on the person’s general functioning, i.e. how the person functions in terms of their social relationships and ability to do day-to-day tasks. 

 

Developer

Rosen, A., Hadzi-Pavlovic, & D., Parker, G. (1989). The Life Skills Profile: A measure assessing function and disability in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 15(2): 325-337. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1093/schbul/15.2.325 

References

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Norman, R.M.G., Malla, A.K., McLean, T., et al. (2000). The relationship of symptoms and level of functioning in schizophrenia to general wellbeing and the Quality of Life Scale. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 102(4):303-309. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.102004303.x

Parker, G., O’Donnell, M., Hadzi-Pavlovic, D., & Proberts, M. (2002). Assessing outcome in community mental health patients: A comparative analysis of measures. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 48(1):11-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/002076402128783046

Parker, G., Rosen, A., Emdur, N., & Hadzi-Pavlovic, D. (1991). The Life Skills Profile: Psychometric properties of a measure assessing function and disability in schizophrenia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 83(2): 145-152 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb07381.x

Simon, A.E., Giaocomini, V., Ferrero, F., & Mohr, S. (2003). Dysexecutive syndrome and social adjustment in schizophrenia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 37(3):340- 346. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2003.01186.x

Trauer, T., Duckmanton, R.A., & Chiu, E. (1995). The Life Skills Profile: A study of its psychometric properties. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 29(3): 492-499. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.3109/00048679509064959

Trauer, T., Eagar, K., Gaines, P., & Bower, A. (2004). New Zealand Mental Health Consumers and their Outcomes. Auckland: Health Research Council of New Zealand. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265246873_New_Zealand_Mental_Health_Consumers_and_Their_Outcomes 

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