Diminishing the Discipline Gap: Restorative Justice as aPromising Alternative in One Urban School
Institution: | University of Dayton |
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Year: | 2015 |
Keywords: | Clinical Psychology; behavioral activation; homeless shelter; psychometric; validation |
Posted: | 02/05/2017 |
Record ID: | 2065373 |
Full text PDF: | http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1436819985 |
This study aimed to validate the Behavioral Activation Treatment Efficacy Measure (BATEM), a new evaluation instrument designed to assess an ongoing Behavioral Activation (BA) research program. The study posed three hypotheses, which predicted BATEM would show: (1) strong internal consistency; (2) an ability to distinguish between individuals with mental illness and/or substance abuse history and those with no such history; and (3) an ability to distinguish between frequent and infrequent program participants. Results supported Hypothesis 1, but were less supportive of Hypotheses 2 and 3. Outcomes for these hypotheses were mostly inconclusive and subject to methodological limitations. Results of exploratory analyses and recommendations for future research are also described. Advisors/Committee Members: Reeb, Roger (Advisor).