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Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Counselor Skills Personal Development Rating Form
Author(s) -
TorresRivera Edil,
Wilbur Michael P.,
Maddux Cleborne D.,
Smaby Marlowe H.,
Phan Loan T.,
RobertsWilbur Janice
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2002.tb01290.x
Subject(s) - psychology , accreditation , active listening , construct validity , exploratory factor analysis , counselor education , variance (accounting) , medical education , construct (python library) , applied psychology , counseling psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , higher education , medicine , accounting , political science , computer science , law , business , programming language , communication
The authors completed an exploratory factor analysis of the scores of 248 counselors‐in‐training on the Counselor Skills Personal Development Rating Form (CSPD‐RF; M. B. Wilbur, 1991). Participants' counseling program was accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs at a midsize western university. The authors of the CSPD‐RF hypothesized that the CSPD‐RF measured 2 factors: (a) personal development and (b) skills development. Factor analysis yielded 4 factors (Emotional Sensitivity, Basic Listening Skills, Multicultural Skills, and Influencing Skills), accounting for 58.4% of the total variance, thus providing some support for the construct validity of the CSPD‐RF.