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A service-delivery paradigm for personality assessment
1Dept. of Psychology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK 72701, USA.
Journal of Personality Assessment
|December 1, 1985
Summary
This study introduces a human science framework for delivering assessment feedback, enhancing collaborative evaluation and intervention. It proposes a service-delivery model with four client participation levels for more effective feedback communication.
Area of Science:
- Human Sciences
- Psychology
- Assessment and Evaluation
Background:
- Feedback is crucial in collaborative assessment integrated with intervention.
- Previous research on feedback variables (subject, situational, assessor) has been unsystematic.
- Historical communication of assessment findings has been fragmented due to disconnected components.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a human science approach for delivering assessment feedback.
- To describe a service-delivery paradigm for feedback of assessment findings.
- To conceptualize the integration of feedback components using Sense of Coherence.
Main Methods:
- Development of a four-level service-delivery paradigm for feedback.
- Incorporation of client participation levels: information, emotional contingencies, transfer of power, and system functioning.
- Application of Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence construct (meaningfulness, manageability, comprehensibility) for conceptualization.
Main Results:
- A structured service-delivery paradigm for assessment feedback is described.
- The paradigm integrates client participation, motivation, resource accessibility, and feedback criteria.
- Sense of Coherence provides a framework for understanding feedback component interactions.
Conclusions:
- A systematic approach to researching assessment feedback and service delivery is now feasible.
- The proposed paradigm enhances the integration and effectiveness of assessment feedback.
- Understanding feedback requires considering client participation and the Sense of Coherence framework.