Development of the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms-62 (CCAPS-62).
Few instruments have been designed specifically to address the needs of college counseling centers. This article reviews existing instruments and presents 4 studies that describe the development and psychometric properties of a new instrument, the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms-62 (CCAPS-62). Study 1 describes the initial item development, factor analysis, and preliminary scale development steps. Study 2 describes the results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses using data from more than 22,000 clients pooled via a national practice-research network of counseling centers. Studies 3 and 4 provide preliminary evidence of subscales' convergent validity and retest reliability. Results from these 4 studies provide support for the instrument's factor structure, construct validity, and subscale reliabilities for both the total sample and subgroups. Clinical and methodological issues pertaining to the future development of the CCAPS are discussed in the context of a national practice-research network of college counseling centers.
Counseling and Psychological Services, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. bdl10@psu.edu
Benjamin D
BD
Locke
Johanna Soet
JS
Buzolitz
Pui-Wa
PW
Lei
James F
JF
Boswell
Andrew A
AA
McAleavey
Todd D
TD
Sevig
Jerome D
JD
Dowis
Jeffrey A
JA
Hayes
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013333:Student Health Services; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult