Validation of the Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization.

PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; CHI-squared test; STATISTICAL correlation; COUNSELING; DISCRIMINANT analysis; FACTOR analysis; GOAL (Psychology); CRISIS intervention (Mental health services); RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics

Factor structure for the Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization was evaluated using separate samples for exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Results indicated a 25-item two-factor solution. The Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization may be useful in identifying the extent to which adolescents in crisis meet therapeutic goals consistent with client stabilization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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