Sensitivity to Change of the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-32)

<p>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.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral Project

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Clinical Psychology

Year

2008

Author dc:creator

• Corbett, Christopher S.

Contributors dc:contributor

• David Vermeersch
• Kendal Boyd
• Matt Riggs

• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Clinical Psychology
• 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.

Statement dc: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.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/1555

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-2332