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Lenz, A. Stephen; Burgess, Melanie; Li, Chi – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2023
The current study examined the measurement invariance (MI) of the Georgia Brief School Climate Inventory (GaBSCI) with a rural and predominately Hispanic sample (N = 413). The results present support for the one-factor structure and MI of the GaBSCI across genders and Spanish-speaking groups, but only partially for different school levels.
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Educational Environment, Rural Areas, Hispanic American Students
Lenz, A. Stephen; Li, Chi – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2022
The factor structure, measurement invariance, and internal consistency of the Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression and Anxiety (PHQ-4) was examined with a rural, predominately Hispanic sample (N = 711). Findings supported use of a one-factor model across gender, age groups, and Spanish-speaking groups. Counseling practice and research…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Error of Measurement, Patients, Questionnaires
Lenz, A. Stephen; Ault, Haley; Balkin, Richard S.; Barrio Minton, Casey; Erford, Bradley T.; Hays, Danica G.; Kim, Bryan S. K.; Li, Chi – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2022
In April 2021, The Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Executive Council commissioned a time-referenced task group to revise the Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests (RUST) Statement (3rd edition) published by the Association for Assessment in Counseling (AAC) in 2003. The task group developed a work plan to implement…
Descriptors: Responsibility, Standardized Tests, Counselor Training, Ethics
Lenz, A. Stephen; Ho, Chia-Min; Rocha, Lauren; Aras, Yahyahan – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2021
This study examined the degree that reliability coefficients for scores on the PTGI generalize across participant and study characteristics. Meta-analytic procedures resulted in observed and predicted mean alpha coefficients ranging from acceptable to excellent and appeared to be largely unrelated to the participant characteristics included in our…
Descriptors: Generalization, Test Reliability, Scores, Measures (Individuals)
Luo, Ye; Watson, Joshua C.; Lenz, A. Stephen – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2021
This study provided preliminary evidence for a new Social Media Identity Distress Scale (SMIDS) using two subsamples of emerging adults (18-25 years of age) from Amazon Turk (each n = 373). The factor analysis revealed a single-factor scale explaining 72.9% of the variance in the items and supported a 20-item version of the original 66-item…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Social Media, Young Adults
Lenz, A. Stephen – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2020
A guide for professional counselors and counseling researchers for calculating and interpreting Percent Improvement as an indicator of clinical significance is provided. Strategies for reporting findings are described and illustrated. Guidelines for contextualizing discussions of clinical significance within the boundaries of psychometric evidence…
Descriptors: Counseling, Research, Computation, Improvement
Lenz, A. Stephen; Gómez Soler, Inmaculada; Dell'Aquilla, Julia; Uribe, Patricia Martinez – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2017
This article describes a 6-step process for the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of counseling assessments from source document into a target language. An illustrative example is provided using the Brief Resilience Scale (Smith et al., 2008) and considerations for counseling researchers are discussed.
Descriptors: Counseling, Cross Cultural Training, Counselor Evaluation, Translation
Lenz, A. Stephen; Wester, Kelly L. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2017
It is imperative that counselors understand how to critically evaluate assessments before using them to make clinical decisions. This evaluation can be conducted through integrating the 5 sources of validity. Each source of validity is discussed, along with methods to appraise psychometric quality, throughout this special issue.
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Educational Assessment, Psychological Evaluation, Clinical Diagnosis