Abstract
The present paper describes the research effort invested in the construction and validation of the Human Service Scale as a partial test of a theory of rehabilitation outcome. The seven Human Service subscales that were derived from expert ratings of the scale items and from item and factor analyses of 1,018 rehabilitation clients' responses to these items are similar to, but not identical with, Maslow's categories of basic human needs. Smallest Space Analysis (SSA) of the correlations between these subscales and between the scale items suggested ways in which this study's initial theory might require modification. The implementations of the modified theory of rehabilitation outcome for a number of conceptual problems and methodological issues connected with the measurement of rehabilitation outcome are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 195-208 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Rehabilitation Psychology |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1985 |
Externally published | Yes |