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Escala 17. THE SOCIAL DYSFUNCTION RATING SCALE (LINN)
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SALUD Y CALIDAD DE VIDA
Evaluation Score
Self system
Low self concept (feelings of inadequacy, not measuring up to self ideal) ......................
Goallessness (lack of inner motivation and sense of future orientation) ...........................
Lack of a satisfying philosophy or meaning of life (a conceptual framework for
integrating past and present experiences) .............................................................................
Self-health concern (preocupation with physical health, somatic concerns).....................
Interpersonal system
Emotional withdrawal (degree of deficiency in relating to others).......................................
Hostility (degree of aggression toward others) .........................................................................
Manipulation (exploting of environment, controlling at ofher's expense) .........................
Over-dependency (degree of parasitic attachment to others)...............................................
Anxiety (degree of feeling of uneasiness, impending doom) ................................................
Suspiciousness (degree of distrust or paranoid ideation) ......................................................
Performance system
Lack of satisfying relationships with significant persons (spouse, children, kin,
significant persons serving in a family role)...........................................................................
Lack of friends, social contacts ......................................................................................................
Expressed need for more friends, social contacts.....................................................................
Lack of work (remunerative or non-remunerative, productive work activities
which normally give a sense of usefulness, status, confidence) .......................................
Lack of satisfaction from work.......................................................................................................
Lack of leisure time activities .........................................................................................................
Expressed need for more leisure, self-enhancing and satisfying activities .........................
Lack of participation in community activities.............................................................................
Lack of interest in community affairs and activities which influence others .....................
Financial insecurity ...........................................................................................................................
Adaptative rigidity (lack of complex coping patterns to stress).............................................
Total ......................................................................................................................................................
Scoring code
Score each of the items as follows:
Not present .................................................................................................................................... 1
Very mild......................................................................................................................................... 2
Mild ................................................................................................................................................ 3
Moderate......................................................................................................................................... 4
Severe .............................................................................................................................................. 5
Very severe ..................................................................................................................................... 6