Psychometrics of the personal questionnaire : a client-generated outcome measure

Elliott, Robert and Wagner, John and Sales, Celia M. D. and Rodgers, Brian and Alves, Paula and Cafe, Maria J. (2016) Psychometrics of the personal questionnaire : a client-generated outcome measure. Psychological Assessment, 28 (3). pp. 263-278. ISSN 1040-3590 (https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000174)

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Abstract

We present a range of evidence for the reliability and validity of data generated by the Personal Questionnaire (PQ), a client-generated individualized outcome measure, using five data sets from three countries. Overall pre-therapy mean internal consistency (alpha) across clients was .80; within-client alphas averaged .77; clients typically had one or two items that did not vary with the other items. Analyses of temporal structure indicated high levels of between client variance (58%), moderate pre-therapy test-retest correlations (r =.57), and high session-to-session lag-1 autocorrelations (.82). Scores on the PQ provided clear evidence of convergence with a range of outcome measures (within-client r = .41). Mean pre-post effects were large (d = 1.25). The results support a revised caseness cut-off of 3.25 and a reliable change interval of 1.67. We conclude that PQ data meet criteria for evidence-based, norm-referenced measurement of client psychological distress for supporting psychotherapy practice and research.

ORCID iDs

Elliott, Robert ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3527-3397, Wagner, John, Sales, Celia M. D., Rodgers, Brian, Alves, Paula and Cafe, Maria J.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:53497
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 March 2016
    Published
    15 June 2015
    Published Online
    27 April 2015
    Accepted
    Notes:This research was supported in part by funding from the University of Strathclyde and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT grants PTDC/PSI-PCL/098952/2008 to Celia Sales and SFRH/BD/87308/2012 to Paula Alves). We thank Micaela Jiménez and Carlos Jiménez for statistical assistance.
    Keywords:outcome, measurement, individualized, psychometrics, psychotherapy, Psychology, Clinical Psychology
    Subjects:Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Psychological Science and Health > Counselling
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:26 Jun 2015 12:58
    Last modified:28 Jan 2023 18:14
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/53497
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