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McClanahan, Terry Michael – 1998
Several components must be reviewed when a clinician considers using an assessment instrument. Such components include: (1) the instrument's relevance to the presenting problem; (2) the normative data; (3) traditional psychometric principles; (4) social validity; and (5) usefulness to interventions. This study reviewed seven assessment instruments…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Evaluation, Family Counseling
Gomberg, Christopher A.; Billings, Andrew G. – 1982
Research and clinical support for the connections between alcohol abuse and the family milieu have generated increased interest in family treatment approaches to alcoholism. In assessing the "alcoholic family," the clinician must consider numerous aspects of family interaction which have been linked to abuse and to treatment outcomes.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Attitude Measures, Case Studies, Counseling Techniques