R. Dean Coddington, M.D.
The CLES is a self-report measure that helps determine how specific events have affected a child's personal growth and adjustment.
Life Events
Preschool: 5 years and under
Child: 6–12 years
Adolescent: 13–19 years
Self
Professional
10 to 15 Minutes
B
Handscored
Preschool: 5 years and under
Child: 6–12 years
Adolescent: 13–19 years
Self
Professional
10 to 15 Minutes
B
Handscored
The scales allow clinicians to easily identify actual and potential physical and mental health problems arising from psychological causalities. By measuring significant life events in terms of Life Change Units (LCUs), the CLES can provide insight into recent events that may be affecting the respondent’s health. The CLES scales also take into account the different kinds of life challenges that are faced by children of different ages. There are three scales and the items included on each refer to events that children of the particular age group may have experienced. Each form produces a Life Change Unit score that is applied to Risk Evaluation cut-off guidelines.
Reliability
Test-retest reliability of the CLES–A was examined with 120 high school students who completed the questionnaire on three separate occasions, as well as with a sample of 63 students. The results support the test-retest reliability of the CLES.
Inter-rater reliability of the CLES–A was examined by having 30 adolescent boys and their parents report life events that the boys had experienced during two different periods of time. Agreement was highest for recent family events.
Validity
The CLES Manual provides the psychometric properties of the scales with information about the reliability and validity of the CLES, as well as the development process. The manual also provides complete references for several studies as well as for various instruments that were used to validate the CLES, as outlined in the following:
The CLES was normed on a sample of 3,617 children and parents.
Online
Assess easily online from anywhere. Includes automatic scoring and report generation.
Software
Requires software. Includes automatic scoring and report generation.
Handscored
QuikScore forms are scored by hand without reports.
CLES Preschool Forms
CLES Preschool Forms
CLES Child Forms
CLES Child Forms
CLES Adult Forms
CLES Adult Forms