Chapter 13 &14 - behavior and assessment in marriage and family counselling Flashcards
focuses is typically on the precise behavior of the client,
observing behavior and often recording that behavior
behavioral assessment
the focus of the assessment
Target behavior
One way of categorizing behavior is
direct or indirect
means the behavior is being directly observed and recorded as the behavior occurs
Direct method
requires the person to reflect on past behaviors
Indirect method of behavior
According to Watson and Watson the dimensions of behavior that are measured in behavioral assessment are:
-Frequency or rate of behavior
-duration of behavior
-intensity of behavior
-latency of behavior
observe the person in his or her natural setting, intended to get a picture of how client typically behaves
natural environment
Client knows that he or she is being observed
Overt observation
Client does not realize that he or she is being observed
Covert observation
the counsellor creates a simulated environment that is reflective of the client’s natural environment (eg. role play).
analogue observation
What are the main observational recording methods
Narrative recording
Interval recording
event recording
ratings recording
running record of behavior or an anecdotal record of behavior
Narrative recordings
focuses on. whether specific behavior (s) occur with.a certain interval time.
Interval recording
Where the counsellor records the number of times a target behavior(s) occur during a specified time period
Event recording
category of behavioral assessment is similar in that rating scales are completed, but often these are completed by either counsellor or some other observer
-used for observing more global aspects of behavior.
Rating recording
practice of observing and recording one’s behavior
Self- monitoring
Concerns the possible changes that occur in clients’ behavior, thoughts, or performance that are a result of being observed, assessed, or evaluated.
Reactivity
When counsellor responds to some. extraneous factor inn the behavioral observation
Observer bias
occurs during the observational process, the criteria by which the observer uses to categorize or observes changes
Observer drift
occurs particularly if target behaviors are infrequent and the observation extends over a long period of time.
Observer fatigue
Errors in behavioral Assessment
Observer bias
Observer drift
Observer fatigue
Several assessment approaches within family therapy
behavioral
systems and interactional
interactional
psychoanalytic and objects relations
Six types of family characteristics that are recently assessed
family structure and composition
family process
relationship patterns
family affect
family organization
family diversity
Includes family membership (e.g., single parent, couples only…)
Family structure and composition
