DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF AN INVENTORY FOR RATING CLIENT SATISFACTION WITH OUTCOME IN HIV COUNSELING - THE ALBION-CENTER SCALE

We developed an inventory for rating client satisfaction with outcome in HIV counseling, based on interview responses with clients, The resu lting 19-item scale was subject to factor analysis and four factors, a ccounting for 56% of the variance, emerged, The factors described dime nsions of Perception of progress and improved mood; Recognition of a s pecific need for counseling; Behavior change from counseling; and Coun seling climate. Factor-scored scales were significantly associated wit h time in counseling and for the Specific need for counseling scale, H IV-seropositive respondents had a significantly higher score. Scale re liabilities (Cronbach's alpha) were between 0.85 and 0.50. Concurrent administration with the Counseling Evaluation Inventory indicated that there were significant correlations between the two scales.