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Evaluation of the Computerized Assessment System for Psychotherapy Evaluation and Research (CASPER) as a Measure of Treatment Effectiveness With Psychiatric Inpatients

Joanna E. Strong Kinnaman

Virginia Commonwealth University, Joanna.Strong{at}va.gov

Albert D. Farrell

Virginia Commonwealth University

Sarah W. Bisconer

Eastern State Hospital, College of William & Mary

Assessment procedures to evaluate inpatient treatment effectiveness can provide information to inform clinical practice. The Computerized Assessment System for Psychotherapy Evaluation and Research (CASPER) represents a standardized approach to assess patients’ target problems that combines elements of individualized and nomothetic approaches. Although previous evaluations of CASPER with other patient populations have been encouraging, its use as a measure of change with an inpatient population has not been examined. In this study, 75 psychiatric inpatients completed CASPER and the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale-32 (BASIS-32) at hospital admission and discharge. Results supported the concurrent validity of CASPER as a measure of pre- and posttreatment functioning and suggested that CASPER may provide a sensitive measure of change during inpatient treatment. Findings also supported the notion that patients’ ratings of the extent to which their treatment focused on the problems they identified as a high priority were related to their overall treatment satisfaction.

Key Words: target problems • computerized assessment • inpatient treatment effectiveness

Assessment, Vol. 13, No. 2, 154-167 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1073191105285952
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