1st Edition
Goal Attainment Scaling Applications, Theory, and Measurement
326 Pages
by
Psychology Press
336 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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There is an extensive literature on Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS), but the publications are widely scattered and often inaccessible, covering several foreign countries and many professional disciplines and fields of application. This book provides both a user manual and a complete reference work on GAS, including a comprehensive account of what the method is, what its strengths and limitations... Read more
Contents: B.W. Brown, Jr., Foreword. R.F. Rich, Foreword. Preface. A. Smith, Introduction and Overview. J.E. Cardillo, R.O. Choate, Illustrations of Goal Setting. J.E. Cardillo, Goal Setting, Follow-Up, and Goal Monitoring. T.J. Kiresuk, R.O. Choate, Applications of Goal Attainment Scaling. T.J. Kiresuk, R.O. Choate, J.E. Cardillo, N. Larsen, Training in Goal Attainment Scaling. T.J. Kiresuk, S.H. Lund, Implementing Goal Attainment Scaling. T.J. Kiresuk, Historical Perspective. T.J. Kiresuk, Conceptual Background. J.E. Cardillo, A. Smith, Psychometric Issues. J.E. Cardillo, A. Smith, Reliability of Goal Attainment Scores. A. Smith, J.E. Cardillo, Perspectives on Validity. Appendices: J.E. Cardillo, Summary Score Conversion Key. R.E. Sherman, Keeping Follow-Up Guides on Target. T.J. Kiresuk, Afterword.
Biography
Thomas J. Kiresuk, Aaron Smith, Jospeh E. Cardillo
"...a comprehensive guide for therapists interested in measuring progress for clients. It is well written and covers psychometric issues in an easy-to-read fashion, making them simple for first-year graduate students to digest....Graduate students and therapists in the field could benefit from some or all of the book."
—Contemporary Psychology
