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Theory- and Evidence- Based Intervention: Practice-Based Evidence--Integrating Positive Psychology into a Clinical Psychological Assessment and Intervention Model and How to Measure Outcome
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Nissen, Poul – Online Submission, 2011
In this paper, a model for assessment and intervention is presented. This model explains how to perform theory- and evidence- based as well as practice-based assessment and intervention. The assessment model applies a holistic approach to treatment planning, which includes recognition of the influence of community, school, peers, family and the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Evaluation Methods, Intervention, Psychological Evaluation
Diagnostic Classification Models: Are They Necessary? Commentary on Rupp and Templin (2008)
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Gorin, Joanna S. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2009
In their paper "Unique Characteristics of Diagnostic Classification Models: A Comprehensive Review of the Current State-of-the-Art," Andre Rupp and Jonathan Templin (2008) provide a comparative analysis of selected psychometric models useful for the analysis of multidimensional data for purposes of diagnostic score reporting. Recent assessment…
Descriptors: Psychological Evaluation, Classification, Scores, Psychometrics
Depression as Measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II among Injecting Drug Users
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Johnson, Mark E.; Neal, David B.; Brems, Christiane; Fisher, Dennis G. – Assessment, 2006
This study conducts a confirmatory factor analysis of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) with a sample of 598 individuals who reported recent injecting drug use. Findings indicate that out of four models tested, the best model for this sample is a three-factor solution (somatic, affective, and cognitive) previously reported by Buckley,…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Factor Analysis, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Psychiatry
An Empirical Investigation of a Theoretically Based Measure of Perceived Wellness
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Harari, Marc J.; Waehler, Charles A.; Rogers, James R. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
The Perceived Wellness Survey (PWS; T. Adams, 1995; T. Adams, J. Bezner, & M. Steinhardt, 1997) is a recently developed instrument intended to operationalize the comprehensive Perceived Wellness Model (T. Adams, J. Bezner, & M. Steinhardt, 1997), an innovative model that attempts to include the balance of multiple life activities in its evaluation…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Wellness, Depression (Psychology), College Students
Executive Abilities: Implications for the Counselling and Training of Middle and Senior Executives.
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Scissons, Edward H. – 1977
This paper outlines a model of psychometric needs assessment developed by the author and discusses how the model, which is designed to profile key abilities and weaknesses, could be applied to the needs assessment, counseling, and training of middle and senior executives. A pilot study on 130 middle management executives is examined in conjunction…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Career Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness
Validity of Psychological Assessment: Validation of Inferences from Persons' Responses and Performances as Scientific Inquiry into Score Meaning.
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Messick, Samuel – American Psychologist, 1995
Presents a comprehensive review of validity that includes an empirical evaluation of the actual and potential consequences of score interpretation and use, how those consequences come about, and what determines them. Six distinguishable aspects of construct validity are highlighted as a means of addressing central issues implicit in the notion of…
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Construct Validity, Content Validity, Models