The Development of the Solution Building Inventory

Abstract

Throughout the past 70 years, a great deal of research conducted on defining and testing problem-solving skills has led towards solution-focused practices and philosophies. As a result, some literature exists illustrating the efficacy of solutionfocused practices. However, no published research exists on the factors that contribute to solution building. This study tested for components of solution building while creating a solution building inventory. Factor analysis failed to find specific factors within solution building. The results indicated that solution building is a unidimensional concept.Implications for using the solution building inventory are discussed.

Narrative and Solution-Focused Therapies: A Twenty-Year Retrospective

“…First, both the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association and the European Brief Therapy Association (Beyerbach, 2000) have developed standardized treatment manuals. Secondly, measures have been developed to measure treatment fidelity (Lehmann & Patton, 2012) and solution behavior (Smock 2012), and other measures of solution behavior have been reviewed (Smock, McCollum, & Stevenson, 2010). Third, many well-controlled outcome studies are now available (see .…”

Enhancing Change Process in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy by Utilizing Couple Enactments

“…This positive, resiliency-based approach has been preliminarily linked to positive research outcomes for a variety of individuals and presenting issues (Berg & De Jong, 1996;Gingerich & Eisengart, 2000;Kim, 2006) by (1) empowering clients to build upon intrinsic resources and strengths, (2) developing explicit, measurable, and obtainable goals, (3) emphasizing exceptions, (4) identifying and facilitating solutions, (5) regularly providing feedback and evaluating progress, and (6) continually fostering a sense of hope and expectancy for change (Berg & Dolan, 2001;De Jong & Berg, 2002;Smock, 2006). The preceding objectives are most often accomplished by generating multiple points of solution-building dialogue through interventive conversations that include the miracle question (De Jong & Berg, 2002;de Shazer, 1988), explicit questions about deliberate and random exceptions (de Shazer, 1985), scaling questions (De Jong & Berg, 2002;de Shazer, 1994), relationship questions (De Jong & Berg, 2002;Pichot & Dolan, 2003) and compliments (De Jong & Berg, 2002).…”

“…In SFBT, there are no deficient, unchangeable clients, only exceptions and solutions yet to be discovered. Solution building focuses on the power of language to 100 R. B. Seedall facilitate increased awareness of exceptions to client problems, thereby allowing clients to form a mental representation of solutions and consciously increase the frequency of solution-oriented behaviors that will allow them to achieve their goals (De Jong & Berg, 2002;Smock, 2006;Walter & Peller, 1992). Thus, SFBT utilizes solution building to generate and enhance change process by operating from the following premise: "It is easier to repeat already successful behavior patterns than it is to try and stop or change existing problematic behavior" (Berg, 1994, p. 10).…”

Solution-Focused School Leadership Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study

“…Several instruments have been developed on solution-focused inventory namely, The Solution Building Inventory (Smock, McCollum, & Stevenson, 2010), The Solution-Focused Inventory (Grant et al, 2012). The first scale attempted to comprehensively measure all aspects of "solution-building processes" built by client in brief solution-focused therapy (Smock, McCollum, & Stevenson, 2010).…”

“…The first scale attempted to comprehensively measure all aspects of "solution-building processes" built by client in brief solution-focused therapy (Smock, McCollum, & Stevenson, 2010). The second scale attempted to measure all aspects of "solution-focused thinking" so will be useful in cognitive-behavioural therapy and positive psychology interventions (Grant et al, 2012).…”