Staff selection of ten applicants for a new residential group treatment facility for troubled youth. Staff member would have to be able to help up to eight youths with their social and communication skills in obtaining the larger goal of community re-integration. Teams of three staff members for each shift should be able to provide: one on one counselling, group leadership and life skills training.
ASSESSMENT METHODS
An auto bibliography of examinee George Neufield was the first measure. There were ten other tests used which were: Desirability of Control (DC), Interpersonal Orientation Scale (IOS), Work and Family Orientation Questionnaire (WOFO), Purpose in Life Test (PIL), Least Preferred Co-worker Scale …show more content…
The subject’s raw scores were compared against general norms ranges. There are only three ranges: low range (18-57) people are more task oriented, medium range (57-62) people tend to be more socially independent and high range (62-144) find that getting the job done is not the most important thing.
Scale of leadership style: 62-144 Range (97): High, personal relationships
Emotional Intelligence Scale
The Emotional Intelligence Scale is a structured self-report measure of emotional intelligence. It is designed to help test taker know at what level their emotional IQ is, so they may improve it if they need it. The subject’s raw scores were compared against norms for a person of his gender. Scores are reported in standard Z - scores (mean = 124.78, sd = 16.52)
Scale of emotional IQ: -2.47, 1st %ile (84): Extremely low
Hope Scale
The Hope Scale is a structured self-report test, that is designed to predict goal setting behaviors. The two subscales are: Agency is the energy to get motivated to reach the goal and pathways is the planned path to achieve that goal. The subject’s raw scores were compared against norms of college students of the most recent year available. Scores are reported in standard Z - scores (Agency: mean = 12.61, sd = 1.73 / Pathways: mean = 12.61, sd = 1.65/ Hope total: mean = 16.5, sd = 3.72/ Emotional support: mean = 25.24, sd =