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Treatment utility of psychological assessment

Nelson-Gray, Rosemery O.·2003·Psychological Assessment
DOI 10.1037/1040-3590.15.4.521
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Abstract

This article focuses on treatment utility. A definition of treatment utility was provided by S. C. Hayes, R. O. Nelson, and R. B. Jarrett (1987): "We propose to use the phrase the treatment utility of assessment to refer to the degree to which assessment is shown to contribute to beneficial treatment outcome" (p. 963). Various methodologies to examine the treatment utility of assessment are summarized. Treatment utility studies using various assessment procedures (i.e., diagnosis and functional analysis) and various disorders (i.e., unipolar depression, social or interpersonal problems, and phobic disorders) are described. Suggestions are made as to when elaborated assessment and/or treatment utility studies are needed. Limitations on the generalizability of results of any particular treatment utility study are presented. Despite progress, for most assessment procedures and devices, the treatment utility question remains; What is the degree to which assessment is shown to contribute to beneficial treatment outcome?

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  • Little is known about the incremental benefit of psychometric psychological assessment on CF.

    “Nevertheless, despite the current development of data-informed psychotherapy, little is known about the incremental benefit of psychometric psychological assessment on CF (Eells, 2022;Nelson-Gray, 2003).”

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Authors
Nelson-Gray, R. O.
Venue
Psychological Assessment
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2003
Volume
15
Issue
4
Pages
521-531
ISSN
  • 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-134X
DOI
10.1037/1040-3590.15.4.521
OpenAlex
W2002614335
Cited by
138
References
8
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Assessment (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
treatment utility, treatment outcomes, diagnosis, functional analysis, major depressive disorder, interpersonal problems, phobia
MeSH terms
Adult, Child, Depressive Disorder, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Personality Assessment, Personality Inventory, Phobic Disorders, Psychometrics, Psychotherapy, Reproducibility of Results, Treatment Outcome

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