Journal article
The Multicultural Orientation Inventory–Group Version-8: Development and validation of a brief scale to measure cultural processes in group therapy
Group dynamics, Vol.28(2), pp.61-70
02/26/2024
DOI: 10.1037/gdn0000215
Abstract
Objective: The brief form measure has been identified as an important aspect of routine outcome monitoring in clinical practice with its ability to provide timely and actionable feedback and data to providers and patients. However, there remains a paucity of brief forms for measuring processes in group therapy, especially multicultural processes. This study aimed to develop a brief form of the Multicultural Orientation Inventory–Group Version (MCO-G), a 27-item measure of the group’s multicultural orientation, to allow for continuous monitoring of the group’s MCO session-by-session. Method: This study was conducted using an archival data set consisting of 387 clients within 129 interpersonal process therapy groups. Item response theory analysis based on the graded response model was utilized to analyze the MCO-G inventory. Multilevel modeling was used to test the concurrent and predictive validity of the brief inventory, specifically by examining the association between the brief inventory and Patient’s Estimate of Improvement and Therapeutic Factor Inventory–8. Results: A brief eight-item measure of the MCO-G was found to have good psychometric properties. Additionally, concurrent and predictive validity was found for the MCO-G-8. Conclusions: Preliminary evidence suggests the MCO-G-8 is a reliable and valid measure. The MCO-G-8 may prove beneficial to group therapy facilitators and researchers interested in monitoring cultural processes over the course of therapy groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Multicultural Orientation Inventory–Group Version-8: Development and validation of a brief scale to measure cultural processes in group therapy
- Creators
- Lingguo MengHalin ChungD. Martin Kivlighan
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Group dynamics, Vol.28(2), pp.61-70
- Publisher
- Educational Publishing Foundation-American Psychological Assoc
- DOI
- 10.1037/gdn0000215
- ISSN
- 1089-2699
- eISSN
- 1930-7802
- Comment
- Test development: Multicultural Orientation Inventory--Group Version-8 (MCO-G-8)
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 02/26/2024
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine; Psychiatry; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984562590102771
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