The PSI is a 23-item Likert-type questionnaire measuring the stresses experienced by new parents resulting from lifestyle changes associated with having a baby.
The HSI is actually two instruments, one developed for use with U.S.-born Hispanics and the other for those born in other countries who have immigrated to the United States. The HSI measures the psychosocial stress experienced by Hispanic adults.
The CAT is a 38-item Likert-type measure designed to assess subjective memories and perspectives of adolescents and adults with respect to child abuse and maltreatment they suffered as children and teenagers.