Wellness Assessment Instruments Flashcards

The Wellness Inventory developed by John Travis is notable for being one of the first tools to:

Answer: Conceptualize wellness on a continuum rather than as the absence of illness

Travis's Wellness Inventory pioneered the idea of a wellness continuum ranging from premature death at one end to high-level wellness at the other, shifting focus from disease treatment to proactive health.

Which type of assessment bias occurs when clients from certain cultural backgrounds score differently on a wellness instrument not due to actual wellness differences but due to cultural interpretation of items?

Answer: Differential item functioning (DIF)

Differential item functioning (DIF) occurs when test items function differently across cultural or demographic groups, potentially reflecting cultural interpretation differences rather than true construct differences.

A holistic coach administers the Life Satisfaction Survey before and after a 12-week coaching program. The primary reason for using a PRE/POST design is to:

Answer: Measure change in the client's self-reported wellness over the coaching period

Pre/post assessment designs allow coaches and clients to objectively track change across the coaching engagement, providing evidence of progress and informing coaching direction.

The PERMA model, sometimes operationalized as the PERMA Profiler assessment, was developed by which psychologist?

Answer: Martin Seligman

Martin Seligman developed the PERMA model, which measures five pillars of well-being: Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment.

What is the main advantage of using a multi-dimensional wellness instrument over a single-domain health questionnaire?

Answer: They capture the interconnectedness of wellness domains and reveal holistic patterns

Multi-dimensional wellness instruments reflect the holistic model by assessing how multiple life domains interact, revealing patterns that single-domain tools would miss.

A client is reluctant to complete a wellness assessment because they fear being judged. The BEST coaching response is to:

Answer: Explain that results are confidential and reframe the tool as a self-exploration opportunity

Maintaining confidentiality and reframing assessments as self-discovery tools reduces resistance and aligns with client-centered coaching ethics.

Cronbach's alpha is used to evaluate which psychometric property of a wellness assessment?

Answer: Internal consistency reliability

Cronbach's alpha measures internal consistency, indicating how closely related a set of items are as a group within a subscale or total scale.