Validity is the degree to what evidence and theory support the interpretation of the test scores that is suggested by the use of tests (Whiston, 2013). Validity informs the counselor when it is appropriate to use the instrument, and what information that can be taken from the results. This is a process when research is conducted to determine if the instrument’s results represent the purpose of the instrument and whether the scores are relevant to the instruments use. Reliability refers to “the consistency of ease measures when the testing procedure is repeated on the population of individuals” (Whiston, 2013). Reliability is the assessments of the assessment to be accurate and precise of a characteristic (Whiston, 2013). The counselor would…show more content… The PCRI was suggested to be used in research and clinical settings. In this study there were five different scales. These scales are: Satisfaction of Parenting, Communication, Involvement, Limit Setting and Autonomy (Coffman, Guerin, & Gottfried, 2006). The study examined with the internal consistency over time. The internal consistency was acceptable for the levels of satisfaction, involvement, and limit setting scales (Coffman, Guerin, & Gottfried, 2006). This test was not convergent because the mother mother’s PCRI scores did not correspond with the father’s scores. However, the authors did recommend the use of the PCRI, but there were discrepancies with the Autonomy scales and the communication scales between the parents. Since this assessment was fair to the mother and not the father, the counselor can use this assessment for one parent but not the other. In diverse families, this assessment would not be adequately used. Counselors need to be aware and trained in what assessments that they would need to use to work with the family. Counselors would need to learn other assessments that would need to be administered with the PCRI. It would be important the counselor is careful in relaying the counseling
