Description and psychometric evaluation of the youth counseling impact scale

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-268

  Riemer, Manuel ^a   Kearns, Marcia A ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling impact; Measurement; Session impact; Therapeutic processes; Youths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THEORY; THINKING; YOUTH COUNSELING IMPACT SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COUNSELING; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; THINKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953928019     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018507     Document Type: Article

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