Assessing item and scale sensitivity to therapeutic change on the College Adjustment Scales: Working toward a counseling center specific outcome questionnaire

• Main Author: Wimmer, Christian L
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01.01.2008
• Subjects: Answer Sheets; Career Choice; College Students; Control Groups; Guidance Centers; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; School counseling; Sensitivity analysis; Student Development

Many college counseling centers use outcome measures to track therapeutic change for their clientele. These questionnaires have traditionally looked primarily at a client's symptom distress (e.g. depression, anxiety, suicidality, etc.) and are used to detect changes in the client's life th...