The psychometric foundations of goal attainment scaling

Heavlin, William D.; Lee-Merrow, Susan W.; Lewis, Virginia M.

doi:10.1007/bf00754339

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“…Attempts to measure the concurrent or construct validity of GAS through comparisons with standardized measures have found low to moderate correlations, 18 , 19 , 20 but the meaning of these findings is controversial. There is no obvious “gold standard” for such an assessment, and the lack of correlation of GAS with other measures may suggest that GAS is measuring something else or is a new way of understanding the effects of interventions 21 …”

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The Use of Goal Attainment Scaling in a Geriatric Care Setting

Stolee¹,

Rockwood²,

Fox³

et al. 1992

J American Geriatrics Society

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of Goal Attainment Scaling in a Geriatric Care Setting

Stolee¹,

Rockwood²,

Fox³

et al. 1992

J American Geriatrics Society

111

108

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“…The disadvantage is that, not being a fixed tool, it lacks the psychometric properties usually expected of assessment and measurement tools. This has been a source of criticism and contention in the past [17,23], but the scale has, nevertheless, acquired acceptance in various clinical fields. In effect, the GAS process allows the creation of a unique tool for each situation, which is the basis of its versatility and its particular value in health promotion and community development.…”

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The use of Goal Attainment Scaling in a community health promotion initiative with seniors

Kloseck

2007

BMC Geriatr

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Background: Evaluating collaborative community health promotion initiatives presents unique challenges, including engaging community members and other stakeholders in the evaluation process, and measuring the attainment of goals at the collective community level. Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) is a versatile, under-utilized evaluation tool adaptable to a wide range of situations. GAS actively involves all partners in the evaluation process and has many benefits when used in community health settings.

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“…This is also a useful framework for evaluating outcomes in psychiatric rehabilitation. Goal attainment scaling (GAS; Heavlin, Lee-Merrow, & Lewis, 1982) is a systematic procedure for defining rehabilitation goals and measuring progress toward these goals. Some of the advantages of GAS are the ability to transform subjective desires into measurable goals and the ability to rate progress toward goals using a variety of methods such as rating scales, functional criteria, and objective measures.…”

Section: Goal Attainmentmentioning

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Evaluating outcomes of rehabilitation for severe mental illness.

Iyer¹,

Rothmann²,

Vogler³

et al. 2005

Rehabilitation Psychology

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Improving the quality of life of individuals with severe mental illness has been the focus of considerable research. With advances in treatments for severe mental illness, particularly in psychiatric rehabilitation, evaluating outcomes has become increasingly important. Given the complex and multidimensional nature of severe mental illness, outcome evaluation of psychiatric rehabilitation is particularly difficult. This article addresses issues in evaluating psychiatric rehabilitation outcomes, including key outcome domains, selection of methods and measures, and meaningful use of results. Continuing conceptual and methodological issues are discussed. Also, future directions are explored, including evaluating multidimensional treatment effects and interactions and building an integrated understanding of all of the outcomes involved in psychiatric rehabilitation. 1 The term psychiatric rehabilitation may be confused with psychosocial rehabilitation, and the two are sometimes used interchangeably. In practice, both are sometimes used as a contraction of biopsychosocial rehabilitation. However, psychosocial rehabilitation sometimes specifically refers to a particular type of program, associated with specific prototypes, such as Fountain House in New York and Thresholds in Chicago (McEvoy, Scheifler, & Frances, 1999).

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The psychometric foundations of goal attainment scaling

Cited by 29 publications

References 5 publications

The Use of Goal Attainment Scaling in a Geriatric Care Setting

The Use of Goal Attainment Scaling in a Geriatric Care Setting

The use of Goal Attainment Scaling in a community health promotion initiative with seniors

Evaluating outcomes of rehabilitation for severe mental illness.

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