Chapter 13 &14 - behavior and assessment in marriage and family counselling

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focuses is typically on the precise behavior of the client,
observing behavior and often recording that behavior

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behavioral assessment

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the focus of the assessment

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Target behavior

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One way of categorizing behavior is

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direct or indirect

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means the behavior is being directly observed and recorded as the behavior occurs

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Direct method

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requires the person to reflect on past behaviors

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Indirect method of behavior

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According to Watson and Watson the dimensions of behavior that are measured in behavioral assessment are:

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-Frequency or rate of behavior
-duration of behavior
-intensity of behavior
-latency of behavior

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observe the person in his or her natural setting, intended to get a picture of how client typically behaves

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natural environment

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Client knows that he or she is being observed

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Overt observation

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Client does not realize that he or she is being observed

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Covert observation

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the counsellor creates a simulated environment that is reflective of the client’s natural environment (eg. role play).

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analogue observation

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What are the main observational recording methods

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Narrative recording
Interval recording
event recording
ratings recording

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running record of behavior or an anecdotal record of behavior

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Narrative recordings

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focuses on. whether specific behavior (s) occur with.a certain interval time.

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Interval recording

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Where the counsellor records the number of times a target behavior(s) occur during a specified time period

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Event recording

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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.

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Rating recording

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practice of observing and recording one’s behavior

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Self- monitoring

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Concerns the possible changes that occur in clients’ behavior, thoughts, or performance that are a result of being observed, assessed, or evaluated.

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Reactivity

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When counsellor responds to some. extraneous factor inn the behavioral observation

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Observer bias

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occurs during the observational process, the criteria by which the observer uses to categorize or observes changes

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Observer drift

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occurs particularly if target behaviors are infrequent and the observation extends over a long period of time.

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Observer fatigue

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Errors in behavioral Assessment

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Observer bias
Observer drift
Observer fatigue

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Several assessment approaches within family therapy

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behavioral
systems and interactional
interactional
psychoanalytic and objects relations

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Six types of family characteristics that are recently assessed

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family structure and composition
family process
relationship patterns
family affect
family organization
family diversity

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Includes family membership (e.g., single parent, couples only…)

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Family structure and composition

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Goes beyond content and includes interactions and transactions among family members

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Family process

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Concern a sequences of couple or family interaction that develop over time

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Relationship Patterns

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Refers to the emotional tome and nature of the emotional expressions within the family

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Family Affect

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Concern the roles and rules (both spoken and unspoken) within the family

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Family organization

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Involves race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religion, and sexual orientation

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Family diversity

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Two main mapping techniques used in assessing families

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Genogram
Family Sculpting

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FACES family assessment categories families in 6 types:

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balanced
rigidly cohesive
Midrange
Flexibly Unbalanced
Chaotically Disengaged
unbalanced