Measuring Change in Counseling and Psychotherapy (eBook)

Scott T. Meier (Autor)

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2016
303 Seiten
Guilford Publications (Verlag)
978-1-4625-3104-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides researchers, clinicians, and students with a useful overview of measuring client change in clinical practice. It reviews the history, conceptual foundations, and current status of trait- and state-based assessment models and approaches, exploring their strengths and limitations for measuring change across therapy sessions. Meier shows how to effectively interpret and use measurement and assessment data to improve treatment evaluation and clinical care. A series of exercises guides the reader to gather information about particular tests and evaluate their suitability for intended testing purposes.

Autor

Scott T. Meier is Professor and Chair of the Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. His main research and teaching are in the areas of psychological measurement (particularly outcome assessment), research methods (program evaluation), and counseling skills (integration of case conceptualization and assessment with intervention). Dr. Meier is a member of the American Evaluation Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. He is the author or coauthor of four books (including The Elements of Counseling) and has published in American Psychologist, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, and the American Journal of Evaluation.

Inhalt

1. Introduction and Rationale  Contemporary Psychological Testing  Contemporary Psychotherapy Research and Practice  The Implications of Research Stuckness for Clinical Practice  Summary and Conclusions2. A History of Traits  The Seeds of Conflict  The Desire to Be Scientific  The Model of Physiology     Biology and Individual Differences  The Desire to Be Relevant  The Need for Classification  The Consequences of the Adoption of a Trait-Based Measurement Paradigm     Loss of Experimental Methods Inhibits Recognition of Method Variance     The Gain of Traits and Loss of Situations     Handling Error with Classical Test Theory     Statistics Related to Measurement     Assessment as a Complement to Measurement     Deemphasizing Measurement Theory     Loss of Precision     The Wisdom and Tyranny of Tradition     The Success and Failure of the Market  Summary and Implications3. Reliability, Validity, and Systematic Errors  Introduction  Thinking about Reliability and Validity     Types of Validity  Constructs, Theories, and Valid Measurement     Construct Explication  Multitrait–Multimethod Matrices: Investigating the Effects of Method Variance on Validity     Campbell and Fiske     Criteria for Construct Validity     An MTMM Example     Problems with Campbell and Fiske's approach  The Factor Analytic Approach to Construct Validity  History of Self-Report and Interview Errors     Self-Reports     Interviews and Observational Methods  Measurement Error  Systematic Errors Associated with Self-Reports     Dissimulation and Malingering     Social Desirability  Systematic Errors Associated with Ratings by Others     Halo Errors     Leniency and Criticalness Errors  Causes of Inconsistency  Cognitive Influences     Item Comprehension Problems     Test Cues     Low Cognitive Ability  Affective and Motivational Influences     Test Anxiety     Negative Emotional States  Environmental and Cultural Influences     Reactivity     Stereotype Threat  Summary and Implications4. States, Traits, and Validity  Introduction  History  The Controversy of Mischel and Peterson: The Benefits of Conflict     The Rejection of Traits: Behavioral Assessment     Reinforcing the Trait Argument     Person–environment Interactions     Aptitude-by-Treatment Interactions     Environmental Assessment     Moderators of Cross-Situational Consistency  Summary and Integration5. Context Effects and Validity  Introduction  Understanding Inconsistency: Clues from Psychophysics Measurement     The Limitations of Psychophysical Measurement     Conclusions and Implications from Psychophysical Research  Improving the Principles of Construct Explication     Test Purpose     Test Content     Test Context     Shared Contexts and Method Variance  Applications     Recommendations Related to Test Purpose     Recommendations Related to Test Content     Recommendations Related to Test Contexts  Summary and Implications6. Nomothetic Approaches to Measuring Change and Influencing Outcomes  History and Background  Examples of Nomothetic Measures     Beck Depression Inventory     State–Trait Anxiety Inventory     Global Assessment of Functioning     Outcome Questionnaire  Psychometric Principles and Nomothetic Measures     Reliability of Nomothetic Measures     Validity  Applications     Creating Change-Sensitive Measures     Psychometric Properties of Aggregate Scales     Using Change-Sensitive Tests in Program Evaluations  An Evidence-Based Approach to Supervision  Summary and Integration7. Idiographic Approaches to Measuring Change and Influencing Outcomes  History and Background  Psychometric Principles and Idiographic Measures     Reliability of Idiographic Measures     Validity of Idiographic Measures  Applications     Begin with the Case Conceptualization

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.10.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Gewicht: 553 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Assessments • Change • Clinical • Counseling • Data • Effects • Evaluations • evidence-based • measurements • measures • Methodology • Methods • outcomes • Personality • Psychological • psychotherapy • Research • States • "substance abuse, behavior change, psychotherapy, interventions, addictions, ambivalence, resistance, therapy, counseling field, counseling students, interviewing skills, meth addiction, life coaching, helping professionals, therapeutic relationship, helping professions, professional counselor, core concepts, social workers, transpersonal, rationales, person-centered, exam, cognitive-behavioral, court-ordered, modality, clinicians, evidence-based, revisions, trainers, therapists, counselors, seminar, exerci • Testing • Tests • traits • Treatments
• ISBN-10: 1-4625-3104-0 / 1462531040
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4625-3104-2 / 9781462531042