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Measurement & Treatment Outcomes Flashcards

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  1. Which self-report instrument specifically assesses both trait anger and state anger as distinct constructs?

    Answer: State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2)

    The STAXI-2 was designed by Spielberger to measure state anger (current intensity) and trait anger (general disposition) as separate dimensions.

  2. In treatment outcome research, 'effect size' is primarily used to:

    Answer: Measure the magnitude of therapeutic change independent of sample size

    Effect size quantifies how much change occurred due to treatment, allowing meaningful comparison across studies regardless of sample size.

  3. A clinician notices a client's anger scores improve dramatically at post-test but return to baseline at 3-month follow-up. This pattern most likely indicates:

    Answer: Reactive coping skills without durable skill integration

    Short-term gains that fade at follow-up typically suggest clients learned skills but did not integrate them into habitual coping patterns.

  4. When assessing anger-related physiological arousal as a treatment outcome, which measure is most directly relevant?

    Answer: Heart rate variability during provocation tasks

    Heart rate variability during provocation tasks directly captures the autonomic regulation relevant to anger arousal and recovery.

  5. The Novaco Anger Scale and Provocation Inventory (NAS-PI) measures anger across which three domains?

    Answer: Cognitive, arousal, and behavioral

    The NAS-PI assesses the cognitive (hostile appraisals), arousal (physiological reactivity), and behavioral (action tendencies) components of anger.

  6. In group anger management treatment research, an intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis is preferred because it:

    Answer: Includes all randomized participants regardless of completion, preserving randomization

    ITT preserves the integrity of randomization by analyzing all assigned participants, reducing bias from selective dropout.

  7. A clinician wants to determine whether a client's post-treatment anger score represents a real clinical change rather than random fluctuation. They should calculate the:

    Answer: Reliable Change Index (RCI)

    The Reliable Change Index uses the instrument's reliability to determine whether individual score change exceeds measurement error.