Constructions of Change in Therapy Questionnaire

A Narrative Sentence-Completion Process for Systems Career Assessment

“…The alpha coefficients were .63 for outcome optimism, .66 for self-agency, .69 for perceived progress, and .76 for effort and persistence. These coefficients were less than those reported by Dumka et al (1995); however, they were taken to indicate that the scales had acceptable reliability for the purposes of an exploratory study in accordance with Streiner's (2003) suggestions. The subscales outcome optimism, self-agency, and effort and persistence, all showed a rating between 'slightly agree' to 'agree'.…”

“…The CCCS (Dumka et al, 1995) was modified for the purposes of this study by changing the content of items to reflect career counselling, as distinct from the original schedule, which related to clinical counselling. The alpha coefficients reported here indicate that the modified CCCS had acceptable reliability.…”

“…The Clients' Constructions of Change Scale (CCCS) (Dumka, Sprenkle, & Martin, 1995) was modified for use in this study. The CCCS was developed to measure clients' perception of their counselling experience.…”

“…Clients were instructed to rate their level of agreement using a seven-point Likert-scale ranging from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree. Dumka et al (1995) reported Chronbach's alpha indices as .81 for outcome optimism, .88 for perceived progress, .81 for self-agency, and .84 for effort and persistence. The CCCS items were modified slightly to suit the context of career counselling, as opposed to the original scale's context of clinical counselling.…”