The Development and Validation of the Comprehensive Counseling Skills Rubric

Abstract

The authors provide psychometric support for the comprehensive counseling skills rubric (CCSR). The CCSR is designed to assess trainee’s counseling proficiency, identify how counseling skills are used within phases of a counseling session, and evaluate the counseling relationship. The CCSR content validity was verified with an overall mean item content validity index of .81. There was a strong domain-level internal consistency reliability (.73 to .84). Fleiss’ κ of .70 demonstrated substantial interrater reliability. Thus, the results indicate initial support for using the CCSR as a transtheoretical instrument designed to assess a counseling trainee’s ability to execute the counseling experience.

• psychometrics
• testing
• assessment
• counseling
• evaluation
• quantitative

Acknowledgment

Cynthia Waltman, Emily Russell, and Lauryn Barton.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/orPUBLICation of this article.

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Stephen V. Flynn

Stephen V. Flynn is an associate professor of counselor education and supervision at Plymouth State University. He received his PhD in counselor education from The University of Northern Colorado. He is a licensed professional counselor and a licensed marriage and family therapist. His research interests include counselor development, contemporary issues in couples and family therapy, multiculturalism, altruism and self-interest, and instrument development.

Danica G. Hays

Danica G. Hays is a professor and executive associate dean in the College of Education at the University of Nevada- Las Vegas. She received her PhD in counselor education from Georgia State University. Her research interests include qualitative research methodology and program evaluation, diagnosis and assessment, domestic violence prevention, and social justice and multicultural issues in counselor preparation and community mental health. She has published approximately 100 articles, books, and book chapters in these areas.