university of rhode island change assessment (urica) scale

CASAA Research DivisionUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND CHANGEASSESSMENT (URICA) SCALEPROBLEM:________________________________________________FOR OFFICE USE ONLYStudyIDPointDateRaidUCAOOO-Revised 3/25/96 3 PagesThis questionnaire is to help us improve our services. Each statement describeshow a person might feel when starting therapy. Please indicate the extent towhich you tend to agree or disagree with each statement. In each case, make yourchoice in terms of how you feel right now, not what you have felt in the past orwould like to feel. For all the statements that refer to your “problem”, answer interms of the problem you have written at the top. And “here” refers to the place oftreatment.There are FIVE possible responses to each of the items in the questionnaire:Strongly disagree, disagree, undecided, agree, and strongly agree. Circle thenumber that best describes how much you agree or disagree with each statement.There are FIVE possibleresponses:1. As far as I’m concerned, Idon’t have any problemsthat need changing.2. I think I might be ready forsome self-improvement.3. I am doing something aboutthe problems that had beenbothering me.4. It might be worthwhile towork on my problem5. I’m not the problem one. Itdoesn’t make much sensefor me to be here.6. It worries me that I mightslip back on a problem Ihave already changed, so Iam here to seek help.7. I am finally doing some workon my problem.8. I’ve been thinking that Imight want to changesomething about myself.StronglyDisagreeDisagree Undecided Agree StronglyAgree1 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 5UCAOOO- Revised 3/25/96 Page 1 of 3

There are FIVE possibleresponses:9. I have been successful inworking on my problem, butI’m not sure I can keep upthe effort on my own.10. At times my problem isdifficult, but I’m working onit.11. Being here is pretty much ofa waste of time for mebecause the problem doesn’thave to do with me.12. I’m hoping this place willhelp me to betterunderstand myself.13. I guess I have faults, butthere’s nothing that I reallyneed to change.14. I am really working hard tochange.15. I have a problem and I reallythink I should work on it.16. I’m not following throughwith what I had alreadychanged as well as I hadhoped, and I’m here toprevent a relapse of theproblem.17. Even though I’m not alwayssuccessful in changing, I amat least working on myproblem.18. I thought once I hadresolved the problem I wouldbe free of it, but sometimes Istill find myself strugglingwith it.19. I wish I had more ideas onhow to solve my problem.20. I have started working onmy problems but I would likehelp.StronglyDisagreeDisagree Undecided Agree StronglyAgree1 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 5UCAOOO- Revised 3/25/96 Page 2 of 3

There are FIVE possibleresponses:21. Maybe this place will be ableto help me.22. I may need a boost right nowto help me maintain thechanges I’ve already made.23. I may be part of theproblem, but I don’t reallythink I am.24. I hope that someone herewill have some good advicefor me.25. Anyone can talk aboutchanging; I‘m actually doingsomething about it.26. All this talk aboutpsychology is boring. Whycan’t people just forgetabout their problems?27. I’m here to prevent myselffrom having a relapse of myproblem.28. It is frustrating, but I feel Imight be having arecurrence of a problem Ithought I had resolved.29. I have worries but so doesthe next guy. Why spendtime thinking about them?30. I am actively working on myproblem.31. I would rather cope with myfaults then try to changethem.32. After all I had done to tryand change my problem,every now and again itcomes back to haunt me.StronglyDisagreeDisagree Undecided Agree StronglyAgree1 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 51 2 3 4 5UCAOOO- Revised 3/25/96 Page 3 of 3