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Robbins, Steven B.; Slavin, Lesley A. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1988
Studies conducted to investigate the psychometric qualities of the Health Support Index suggest that the index is internally consistent, stable and, potentially useful in identifying those individuals who do or do not have adequate support from their social environment to make successful changes in health-related behavior. (CB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Agents, Health Promotion, Predictor Variables
Peer reviewedRobbins, Steven B.; Patton, Michael J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1986
Describes the technical methodological procedures for the construction of reliable and valid scales to measure constructs relevant to research on counseling process and outcomes. Working with a multivariate model of the counseling process, three studies are reported which rely on the use of rating scales. (KS)
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Client Relationship
Direct linkSantos, Paulo Jorge; Casillas, Alex; Robbins, Steven B. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2004
This study examined the relevance of the Goal Instability Scale-Portuguese Adaptation (GIS-P) on the vocational identity and career certainty of 375 10th-, 11th-, and 12th-grade Portuguese high schoolers. After translating the GIS-P, confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the factorial unidimensionality and reliability of the construct.…
Descriptors: Cultural Relevance, Correlation, Student Motivation, High School Students
Casillas, Alex; Schulz, E. Matthew; Robbins, Steven B.; Santos, Paulo Jorge; Lee, Richard M. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2006
The present study uses item response theory (IRT) to establish comparability between the English and Portuguese versions of the Goal Instability Scale (GIS), a measure of generalized motivation. A total of 2,848 American and 679 Portuguese high school students were administered their respective language versions of the GIS. Results showed only…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Cross Cultural Studies, Item Response Theory, Rating Scales
