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| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Description | The Bruce Social Participation Questionnaire, developed by the Clarke School for the Deaf in 1960, is a self-rating tool used to assess social participation among deaf individuals. It includes questions on topics such as social involvement at work and in the community, frequency of visits with neighbors, attitudes toward sign language, lip-reading proficiency, and communication methods at home. The responses are scored using a weighted system for each question. |
| Author | No authorship indicated. |
| Institutional Author | Clarke School for the Deaf, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States |
| Purpose | The purpose of this questionnaire is to assess social participation in deaf individuals. |
| Construct | Deafness; Social Participation |
| Instrument Type | Inventory/Questionnaire |
| Permissions | Authorized for use in research and teaching contexts. |
| References | Kates, S. L., Kates, W. W., & Michael, J. (1962). Cognitive processes in deaf and hearing adolescents and adults. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, 76(32), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0093857 |
Bruce Social Participation Questionnaire | ||||||
Items | ||||||
Name | Age | Sex | Date | |||
Extent of Social Participation in Schools with Hearing Students | ||||||
None | Commute | Limited | Comparable with Hearing | Very Active | ||
Extent of Social Participation at Work (Lunch Hour, Recreation Program) | ||||||
None | Limited | Sometimes | Often | |||
Extent of Social Participation in Community | ||||||
None | Sports | PTA | Church | Projects w/ | Community | Formal |
Neighbors | Projects | Entertainment | ||||
at Home | ||||||
Extent to Which Hearing Neighbors Visit in Your Home | ||||||
Never | Seldom | Occasionally | Often | |||
Extent to Which You Visit Homes of Hearing Neighbors | ||||||
Never | Seldom | Occasionally | Often | |||
Extent of Close Friendships with Hearing | ||||||
Mainly | Hearing People | Oral Deaf | Hearing, | Oral and | Non-Oral | |
Hearing | and Oral Deaf | Only | Oral Deaf, | Non-oral | Only | |
Non-oral | ||||||
Extent to Which You Have General Activities with Hearing | ||||||
Extensive | Some | Limited | Seldom | None | ||
With Whom Did You Marry | ||||||
Hearing | Hard of Hearing | Clark | Orally trained | Non-oral | Single | |
Alumni | Deaf | |||||
Attitude toward Sign Language | ||||||
Don’t use it | Seldom | Occasionally | Frequently | |||
use it | use it | use it | ||||
Adequacy of Speech | ||||||
Seldom | Limited to the extent that | Speech is a constant asset at | ||||
it was inadequate in public | work, school, in community | |||||
Bruce Social Participation Questionnaire | ||||
Items | ||||
Adequacy of Lip Reading | ||||
Inadequate | Hesitate to Depend Completely | Occasional Difficulty | ||
in Most | on Lip Reading in Public | in Public | ||
Situations | ||||
How Do You Communicate at Home? | ||||
Pure Oral | Oral plus | Oral, gestures, | Signs and gestures | |
gestures | signs | |||
How do you communicate at work or school? | ||||
Pure Oral | Oral plus | Oral plus note | Gestures | Signs, notes |
notes | plus gestures | and notes | and gestures | |
Dependency of Speech in Vocational Activities | ||||
a. Could not hold present position if I couldn’t speak | ||||
b. Changes would be required, probably at a loss in salary | ||||
c. Speech valuable but not essential. | ||||
Cite this article
Mohammed looti (2026). Bruce Social Participation Questionnaire. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/bruce-social-participation-questionnaire/
Mohammed looti. "Bruce Social Participation Questionnaire." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 3 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/bruce-social-participation-questionnaire/.
Mohammed looti. "Bruce Social Participation Questionnaire." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/bruce-social-participation-questionnaire/.
Mohammed looti (2026) 'Bruce Social Participation Questionnaire', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/bruce-social-participation-questionnaire/.
[1] Mohammed looti, "Bruce Social Participation Questionnaire," PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, vol. X, no. Y, ص Z-Z, April, 2026.
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