Test–retest stability, convergent validity, and sensitivity to change for the Goal‐Based Outcome tool for adolescents: Analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial

2022/08/17 by Charlie Duncan, Mick Cooper, David Saxon +1 · 7 citations
Psychology · #Resilience and Mental Health #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/jclp.23422

Abstract

OBJECTIVE(S): To examine the psychometric properties of the idiographic Goal-Based Outcome (GBO) tool for young people: test-retest stability, convergent validity, and sensitivity to an intervention. METHODS: This measure validation study used data from a randomized controlled trial of school-based humanistic counseling. We used multilevel analyses to assess test-retest stability, convergent validity of the GBO tool against nomothetic measures of mental wellbeing, and sensitivity to an intervention. RESULTS: The GBO tool showed acceptable stability over a 6-24 week period; moderate convergent validity with nomothetic measures of mental well-being, self-esteem, and depression; and greater sensitivity to an intervention than a measure of psychological distress. CONCLUSIONS: The GBO tool shows evidence of having acceptable psychometric properties and is suitable for monitoring change on individual goals. It may also have the capacity to function as a population-level indicator of outcomes in conjunction with the use of other measures of mental health and wellbeing.

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