Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development articles from October 2004

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development archives from October 2004

An exploratory study of help-seeking attitudes and coping strategies among college students by race and gender.(ARTICLES)
October 1, 2004... First-year students (N = 2,678) demonstrated differences on help-seeking attitudes and coping strategies by gender and race. African Americans had more positive attitudes toward seeking help for impersonal issues, whereas Asian Americans were...

A factor analytic study of the Attributional Style Questionnaire with Central American immigrants.
October 1, 2004... The Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ; C. Peterson et al., 1982) has been the subject of some debate challenging its usefulness in research. This study examines the ASQ component structure for Central American immigrants to the United...

Exploring school counselor multicultural competence: a multidimensional concept.
October 1, 2004... Two hundred and nine members of the American School Counselor Association completed the Multicultural Counseling Competence and Training Survey-Revised (C. C. Holcomb-McCoy & J. E. Myers, 1999). A maximum likelihood factor analysis of the...

Cultural competency revised: the California Brief Multicultural Competence Scale.(Author Abstract)
October 1, 2004... The authors describe the development of the California Brief Multicultural Competence Scale (CBMCS). The 21-item CBMCS was derived from principal component analysis, item content validated by a panel of experts, and confirmatory factor...

Estimating the reliability of a test battery composite or a test score based on weighted item scoring.(METHODS, PLAINLY SPEAKING)
October 1, 2004... In some settings, the validity of a battery composite or a test score is enhanced by weighting some parts or items more heavily than others in the total score. This article describes methods of estimating the total score reliability coefficient...