The Functional Idiographic Assessment Template-Questionnaire (FIAT-Q): Initial psychometric properties

Abstract

The evidence based assessment (EBA) movement stresses the importance of psychological measures with strong psychometric properties and clinical utility. The Functional Idiographic Assessment Template system (FIAT; Callaghan, 2006) is a functional analytic behavioral approach to the assessment of interpersonal functioning for use with therapies like Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP; Kohlenberg & Tsai, 1991). While research has begun to demonstrate the clinical utility of the FIAT, its psychometric properties have not been explored. The present study examines the Functional Idiographic Assessment Template-Questionnaire (FIAT-Q), a self-report measure contained in the FIAT. Two different approaches are used to explore the psychometric properties and structure of the FIAT-Q, and test-retest reliability is examined. These methods are discussed along with the use of the FIAT-Q as an alternative to nosological assessment of client behaviors.

Effects of Leader-Member Exchange, Interpersonal Relationship, Individual Feeling of Energy and Creative Work Involvement Towards Turnover Intention: A Path Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling

“…To measure interpersonal relationships, items were adapted from Darrow, Callaghan, Bonow and Follette (2014). Sample items include "People don't like the way I ask for things," "I have problems being close to others".…”

The impact of training in functional analytic therapy on therapists’ target behavior.

“…Landes, Kanter, Weeks, and Busch (2013) used both the FIAT-Q and FIAT-DA as clinical and research tools to examine idiographic behavior in clients and found promising results. In terms of psychometrics, Darrow, Callaghan, Bonow, and Follette (2014) examined convergent and discriminative validity with survey measures and construct validity in factor analyses and found supportive preliminary data. Beyond these studies, FIAT-Q research is limited, specifically for the use of such tools on therapist/trainee behavior.…”

“…Each domain score is examined independently, with high scores indicating greater dysfunction. The FIAT-Q has demonstrated good psychometrics properties (Darrow et al, 2014; Leonard, Knott, Lee, et al, 2014). The FIAT-Q was used as a clinical tool in this study.…”

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy among Mothers with Children with Disruptive Behavior

“…These problems are classified in 5 classes: assertion of needs (class A), which refers to the way clients express their needs, desires, and values to others, and includes scape and avoidance responses; bidirectional communication (class B), which is related to clients' skills to effectively give feedback to others' behaviors, or to accept it; conflict (class C), which denotes clients' difficulties to respond adequately to interpersonal conflictive situations; interpersonal closeness (class D), that represents clients' behaviors that obstruct the building of close relationships and reduce the opportunities to get in touch with social reinforcements; and emotional experience and expression (class E), which is associated with clients' difficulties to effectively express feelings and to identify and respond accordingly to others' emotional responses (Callaghan, 2006). The FIAT-Q has shown adequate internal consistency in previous studies (.94) (Darrow, Callaghan, Bonow, & Follette, 2014).…”