Introduction to Clinical Psychology Science, Practice and Ethics Chapter 9 Behavioural Assessment This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: Any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; Preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; Any rental, lease, or lending of the program Copyright ©Allyn & Bacon 2005

Conceptual Basis  Empirically based methods  Focus upon observable behaviour  Idiographic  Situational specificity Copyright ©Allyn & Bacon 2005

Traditional Approaches to Assessment  Syndrome-based diagnosis  Empirically-based classification  Traditional psychodynamic approaches Copyright ©Allyn & Bacon 2005

Functional Analysis  Problem description  Identification of controlling variables  Evaluation of adaptive significance  Selection of treatment  Evaluation of outcome

Copyright ©Allyn & Bacon 2005 Behavioural Assessment Methods  Behavioural interviews  Structured interviews  Questionnaires  Behaviour rating scales  Analogue techniques  Self-monitoring  Direct observation  Psychophysiological recording

Copyright ©Allyn & Bacon 2005 Behavioural Assessment: Symptoms  Symptom Check List  Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Axis V (90 – 1)

Copyright ©Allyn & Bacon 2005 Behavioural Assessment: Check Lists  Beck Depression Inventory-II  Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale  Achenbach Child Behaviour Checklist  Conner’s Rating Scales - Revised

Copyright ©Allyn & Bacon 2005 Assessment of Dysfunctional Cognitions  Self-statements  Automatic thoughts  Cognitive schemas  Irrational beliefs