Der Fragebogen zur Erziehungs-und Familienberatung (FEF): Entwicklung eines Evaluationsverfahrens

Abstract

Stimulated by discussions on quality management and in the tradition of psychotherapy research, efforts to evaluate in the area of child guidance can increasingly be noticed. At the same time, there is a lack of standardized and evaluated counseling specific measures. With the Questionnaire on Child Guidance and Family Counseling (FEF), a method was developed for retrospectively assessing clients' views. It contains scales for access to counseling, counseling process, counseling satisfaction, and effects of counseling. Using two client samples, it was constructed and revised (Sample 1, 50 families) and subjected to psychometric testing (Sample 2, 108 families). The internal consistencies of the FEF scales were highly satisfactory (α = .95 to .82). Indications of construct validity result from the connections between FEF scales and frequency of appointments or the counseling setting. These results indicate that the FEF is a reliabile and valid instrument of evaluation for scientific questions and self-evaluation in practical counseling work.