Focus Area: DBT skills
Overview: The DBT Ways of Coping Checklist (DBT-WCCL) is a comprehensive measure of skills acquisition and healthy/dysfunctional coping in the context of Dialectic Behavior Therapy.
Total number of items: Fifty nine
Standardized cadence: Monthly
Estimated completion time: Four to seven minutes
Supported subscales: DBT skills subscale (DSS), dysfunctional coping subscale (DCS)
Age range: Variable
Scoring and interpretation: The total score can range from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater severity of social anxiety disorder (social phobia). This measure does not identify a cutoff score.
Reliability/Validity: Among a sample of 332 participants, Cronbach’s alpha ranged from 0.87 to 0.96. The DSS subscale successfully discriminated patients who received skills training during 4 months of treatment from patients who did not.
Additional information: Due to the highly specific nature of the measure items, the DBT-WCCL is recommended for use only in the context of Dialectic Behavior Therapy, and should not be used as a general assessment of coping skills.