The evaluation of group interventions using an objectively scored behavioral test of openness

✍ Scribed by Bennett I. Tittler; Algund Hermann

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 584 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(198010)36:4<894::aid-jclp2270360409>3.0.co;2-x

✦ Synopsis

The Group Test of Openness (GTO) is comprised of 24 behavioral items that represent, in equal numbers, three different levels of openness. Participants (N = 69) obtain a score by selecting to erform 6 items, which are summed in terms of their o enness levels. The GFO was shown to have a moderate degree of stability. ft does not appear to be highly reactive. Predictive vdidit was demonstrated through a 14-week high school course in counseling s d in which scores on the GTO increased in the treatment group but not the control group. The advantage of the GTO over other measures oi o e n n w lies in its focus on behavior within a group and on its objective methozof scorin However, it is noted that any measure based on the openness value of specif; behaviors may require recalibration for certain populations.