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Assessment in Financial Therapy

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This chapter overviews why assessment is important in financial therapy and reviews six research-validated financial therapy assessment instruments that have undergone the rigors of peer-review in academic journals. Each instrument is described in detail, including its psychometric properties, and can be useful for practitioners to implement into their practice with clients and scholars to utilize in research studies.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA

    Ronald A. Sages

  2. Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66506, USA

    Kristy L. Archuleta

  3. Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

    Timothy S. Griesdorn & Clinton G. Gudmunson

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  1. Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA

    Bradley T. Klontz

  2. Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA

    Sonya L. Britt

  3. Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA

    Kristy L. Archuleta

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Sages, R., Griesdorn, T., Gudmunson, C., Archuleta, K. (2015). Assessment in Financial Therapy. In: Klontz, B., Britt, S., Archuleta, K. (eds) Financial Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08269-1_5

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