Abstract

With the increased demand for evidence based mental health interventions, there has been an increased need for comprehensive ways to determine the validity of certain measures used to measure therapy effectiveness. The Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-32) is one of the most widely used measures for measuring therapy outcomes. This study was conducted on the BASIS-32 investigating the validity of the instrument, not only on the overall and subtest level, but also on the item level. This study is particular in that it also measured the validity of the instrument in being sensitive to client reported change over time. Results found the BASIS-32’s total score, subtest’s scores, and the majority of the items to have very meaningful and statistically significant sensitivity to measuring client change over time. Conclusions and further areas of development are discussed.

LLU Discipline

Clinical Psychology

Department

Clinical Psychology

School

School of Science and Technology

First Advisor

David Vermeersch

Second Advisor

Kendal Boyd

Third Advisor

Matt Riggs

Degree Name

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Degree Level

Ph.D.

Year Degree Awarded

2008

Date (Title Page)

9-2008

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Psychiatric Status Rating Scales -- dissertations; Mental Disorders -- therapy -- outlines; Behavioral Sciences -- methods; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Psychometrics -- instrumentation; Sickness Impact Profile; Mental Disorders -- classification -- diagnosis; Sensitivity and Specificity; Questionnaires; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) -- methods.

Type

Doctoral Project

Page Count

vi; 46

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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