Systematic Review of Social Risk Screening Tools

Urban Life Stressors Scale (ULSS)

Domains: Economic Stability
Social and Community Context
Neighborhood and Physical Environment
Constructs: Employment
Income
Discrimination
Social Support Systems
Safety, Crime and Violence
Environmental Conditions
Quality of Housing
Transportation
Year Created: 1996
Number of Items: 21
Administration Time (Minutes): Not Reported
Administration Setting: Other
Primary Care
Population Screened: Adults
Administration Methods: Verbal
Electronic

About the Tool

The Urban Life Stressors Scale is a 21-item instrument to measure community-level stressors as potential sources of psychological and emotional stress experienced by persons living in medium to large cities in 3 domains (economic stability, social & community context, and neighborhood & physical environment).

Read about the first empirical use of the tool:
Race, urban community stressors, and behavioral and emotional problems of children with special health care needs

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