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THE MODIFIED COGNITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS CODING SYSTEM: RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY ASSESSMENTS
Author(s) -
Moran Galia S.,
Diamond Gary M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2006.tb01620.x
Subject(s) - intrapersonal communication , coding (social sciences) , interpersonal communication , psychology , cognition , reliability (semiconductor) , social psychology , validity , applied psychology , computer science , developmental psychology , psychometrics , mathematics , statistics , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
The cognitive constructions coding system (CCCS) was designed for coding client' expressed problem constructions on four dimensions: intrapersonal–interpersonal, internal–external, responsible–not responsible, and linear–circular. This study introduces, and examines the reliability and validity of, a modified version of the CCCS–a version that involves coding client' problem constructions at the level of speech turn. Results indicate that the modified CCCS generated reliable ratings of client' problem constructions in 15 sessions of family therapy. Validity was established by comparing 71 subjects' own ratings of over 250 self‐generated problem constructions to the ratings of trained CCCS coders. The modified CCCS allows for identifying moment‐to‐moment changes in client' problem constructions and, ultimately, examining the impact of therapist behaviors on such changes.