Richard S Balkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1382115 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard S Balkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard S |
| FAMILY NAME | Balkin |
| SIGNATURE | BALKIN R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Mississippi |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4134-6385 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Reasons Why the Declaration of “Statistically Significant” Should Die
Use of Innovative Kitchen Equipment Promotes Use of Locally‐Sourced Foods in School Meals
BACKGROUND: Research on the value of technologically-advanced equipment for school meal practices is limited. This study aimed to investigate whether the use of this equipment is associated with two best practices in school meals-the frequency of scratch cooking and the incorporation of locally-sourced ingredients. METHODS: Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey from a sample of U.S. K-12 public school nutrition directors and manage…
Forgiveness and Black Americans as It Relates to Racial Trauma
This study investigated the complex relationship between forgiveness and racial trauma among Black Americans and focused on how experiences of racial discrimination affect mental health and the capacity to forgive. Drawing on theories of race‐based traumatic stress and forgiveness, we used the Racial Trauma Scale (RTS) and the Forgiveness Reconciliation Inventory (FRI) to analyze responses from 196 Black participants. A canonical correlation anal…
The Inventario de Perdón y Reconciliación
Associations Between Forgiveness, Spirituality, and Justice Among Black Americans
Forgiveness is embedded within sociocultural elements of identity, including spiritual beliefs and orientation towards justice. Because Black American identity is storied and complex, Black Americans often navigate complex questions of forgiveness. We explored the extent to which Black Americans’ spirituality and belief in a just world influenced their capacity to forgive with implications for mental health. A multiple regression analysis conduct…
Reliable for Whom? Inferring and Reporting Reliability across Diverse Populations
We describe best practices in reporting reliability estimates in counseling research with consideration to precision, generalization, and diverse populations. We provide a historical context to reporting reliability estimates, the limitations of past practices, and new methods to address reliability generalization. We highlight best practices including consideration of reliability estimates as function of scores, not scale, diverse sample, hierar…
Addressing Limitations of p in Counseling Research through Reporting of Bayes Factor Bound and Effect Size Precision
Null hypothesis statistical testing (NHST) in its present form continues to be the predominant method of quantitative research. Bayesian methods, which emphasize the probability of a hypothesis given the data, may be growing in popularity due to the advent of statistical software employing these methods. Rather than discarding the present methods of NHST, the purpose of this article is to enhance understanding of NHST for counseling researchers a…
Exploring the Mediating Role of Depression and Positive Orientation in the Relationship between Positive Psychological Factors and Aggression among Turkish College Students
Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests (Rust-4E)
In April 2021, The Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Executive Council commissioned a time-referenced task group to revise the Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests (RUST) Statement (3rd edition) published by the Association for Assessment in Counseling (AAC) in 2003. The task group developed a work plan to implement a recursive process for document review, gap analysis, commentary representation, bias accounting, an…
Sexual Attitudes and Characteristics of OnlyFans Users
Assessing Bayesian Racism Scale
Evaluating Perceptions of Working Alliance and Crisis Stabilization for Adolescent Males in Residential Treatment for Substance Abuse
Research related to adolescents in residential treatment for substance use is limited. Evaluations identifying treatment progress across frequent, multiple time points are scant. In this study 20 adolescent males (age M = 16.46, SD = 1.04) in residential treatment for substance use completed self-report inventories related to working alliance, problem severity, well-being, and crisis stabilization across 10 weeks. Small, statistically significant…
Addressing Impact of Counseling Research
Counseling researchers, who often work for institutions that place significant value on journal impact factor (JIF), are faced with the choice to publish their manuscripts in professional counseling journals or those of other professions that might have higher JIFs. Publication and journal impact factor data for 6 American Counseling Association journals and 58 American Psychological Association journals were examined. Although both groups compar…
Turkish Adaptation of the Juhnke–Balkin Life Balance Inventory
This study investigated the factor structure of the Juhnke–Balkin Life Balance Inventory (JBLI) with a sample of 429 Turkish participants. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the validated 10-factor model of JBLI did not fit the Turkish data. Therefore, a parallel analysis and an exploratory factor analysis were used to create the JBLI Turkish form
Nonlinear Analysis in Counseling Research
Nonlinear effects are both underreported and underrepresented in counseling research. We provide a rationale for evaluating nonlinear effects and steps to evaluate nonlinear relationships in counseling research. Two heuristic examples are provided along with discussion of the results and advantages to evaluating nonlinear effects
Evaluating Evidence Regarding Relationships With Criteria
An overview of standards related to demonstrating evidence regarding relationships with criteria as it pertains to instrument development was presented, along with heuristic examples. Additional measures and a comprehensive design are necessary to establish evidence related to the use and interpretation of test scores for the validation of a measure
Validation of the Juhnke–Balkin Life Balance Inventory
Life balance is an important construct within the counseling profession. A validation study utilizing exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression was conducted on the Juhnke–Balkin Life Balance Inventory. Results from the study serve as evidence of validity for an assessment instrument designed to measure life balance
Evidence for the Mitigating Effects of a Support Group for Attitudes Toward Statistics
We implemented a large series (N = 8) single-case research design to assess the effectiveness of a four-session peer support group intervention with students in a doctoral counselor education program completing statistics coursework. Analysis of wait-list group participants’ scores on the Attitude Toward Statistics scale yielded treatment effects indicating that a support group may be effective for promoting student attitudes; however, this inter…
Validation of the Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization
Factor structure for the Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization was evaluated using separate samples for exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Results indicated a 25-item two-factor solution. The Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization may be useful in identifying the extent to which adolescents in crisis meet therapeutic goals consistent with client stabilization
The Forgiveness Reconciliation Inventory
The Forgiveness Reconciliation Inventory is a theoretically derived instrument. Participants included individuals from clinical and nonclinical populations. Confirmatory factor analysis along with correlational designs and between-group comparisons indicate strong psychometric properties of the Forgiveness Reconciliation Inventory. The authors address applications for use within counseling practice
Wellness Model of Supervision
This quasi-experimental study compared the effectiveness of the Wellness Model of Supervision (WELMS;Lenz & Smith, 2010) with alternative supervision models for developing wellness constructs, total personal wellness, and helping skills among counselors-in-training. Participants were 32 master's-level counseling students completing their internship requirements in a counseling program accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and …
Differences in Therapeutic Goal Attainment for Adolescents With Substance Abuse Issues in General and Dual Diagnosis Crisis Residence Programs
Adolescents with dual diagnosis and admitted to either a general or dual diagnosis acute care psychiatric program were matched ex post facto according to sex, age, diagnosis, and ethnicity. A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was conducted to evaluate differences in therapeutic goal attainment based on the two programs, while controlling for length of stay in the hospital programs. Adolescents with dual diagnosis had significantly hig…
Reflections and Directions
Reflections and Directions." Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 44(4), pp. 191–192
Assessing Factors in Adolescent Adjustment as Precursors to Recidivism in Court-Referred Youth
Court-referred youth participated in an intervention program and completed the Reynolds Adolescent Adjustment Screening Inventory. Reoffending rates were tracked for 2 years. Antisocial behavior, anger control, and emotional distress were influencing characteristics for recidivism. The Reynolds Adolescent Adjustment Screening Inventory may serve as a tool to identify the likelihood of reoffending for adolescents
On Submitting a Proposal to a Publisher
The first step in publishing a college textbook is usually the submission of a proposal. Currently, textbook publishers are cutting back the number of books they are contracting, but “over‐the‐transom” proposals continue to flood editors’desks. Very few proposals are properly prepared since few would‐be authors are aware of the precise information a publisher needs. This article suggests both guidelines for a “good” proposal, as well as some addi…
Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests (Rust-4E)
In April 2021, The Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Executive Council commissioned a time-referenced task group to revise the Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests (RUST) Statement (3rd edition) published by the Association for Assessment in Counseling (AAC) in 2003. The task group developed a work plan to implement a recursive process for document review, gap analysis, commentary representation, bias accounting, an…
The Forgiveness Reconciliation Inventory
The Forgiveness Reconciliation Inventory is a theoretically derived instrument. Participants included individuals from clinical and nonclinical populations. Confirmatory factor analysis along with correlational designs and between-group comparisons indicate strong psychometric properties of the Forgiveness Reconciliation Inventory. The authors address applications for use within counseling practice
Wellness Model of Supervision
This quasi-experimental study compared the effectiveness of the Wellness Model of Supervision (WELMS;Lenz & Smith, 2010) with alternative supervision models for developing wellness constructs, total personal wellness, and helping skills among counselors-in-training. Participants were 32 master's-level counseling students completing their internship requirements in a counseling program accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and …
Reliable for Whom? Inferring and Reporting Reliability across Diverse Populations
We describe best practices in reporting reliability estimates in counseling research with consideration to precision, generalization, and diverse populations. We provide a historical context to reporting reliability estimates, the limitations of past practices, and new methods to address reliability generalization. We highlight best practices including consideration of reliability estimates as function of scores, not scale, diverse sample, hierar…
Evaluating Evidence Regarding Relationships With Criteria
An overview of standards related to demonstrating evidence regarding relationships with criteria as it pertains to instrument development was presented, along with heuristic examples. Additional measures and a comprehensive design are necessary to establish evidence related to the use and interpretation of test scores for the validation of a measure
Sexual Attitudes and Characteristics of OnlyFans Users
Turkish Adaptation of the Juhnke–Balkin Life Balance Inventory
This study investigated the factor structure of the Juhnke–Balkin Life Balance Inventory (JBLI) with a sample of 429 Turkish participants. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the validated 10-factor model of JBLI did not fit the Turkish data. Therefore, a parallel analysis and an exploratory factor analysis were used to create the JBLI Turkish form
Validation of the Juhnke–Balkin Life Balance Inventory
Life balance is an important construct within the counseling profession. A validation study utilizing exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression was conducted on the Juhnke–Balkin Life Balance Inventory. Results from the study serve as evidence of validity for an assessment instrument designed to measure life balance
Validation of the Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization
Factor structure for the Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization was evaluated using separate samples for exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Results indicated a 25-item two-factor solution. The Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization may be useful in identifying the extent to which adolescents in crisis meet therapeutic goals consistent with client stabilization
Assessing Factors in Adolescent Adjustment as Precursors to Recidivism in Court-Referred Youth
Court-referred youth participated in an intervention program and completed the Reynolds Adolescent Adjustment Screening Inventory. Reoffending rates were tracked for 2 years. Antisocial behavior, anger control, and emotional distress were influencing characteristics for recidivism. The Reynolds Adolescent Adjustment Screening Inventory may serve as a tool to identify the likelihood of reoffending for adolescents
On Submitting a Proposal to a Publisher
On Submitting a Proposal to a Publisher
The first step in publishing a college textbook is usually the submission of a proposal. Currently, textbook publishers are cutting back the number of books they are contracting, but “over‐the‐transom” proposals continue to flood editors’desks. Very few proposals are properly prepared since few would‐be authors are aware of the precise information a publisher needs. This article suggests both guidelines for a “good” proposal, as well as some addi…
Assessing Factors in Adolescent Adjustment as Precursors to Recidivism in Court-Referred Youth
Court-referred youth participated in an intervention program and completed the Reynolds Adolescent Adjustment Screening Inventory. Reoffending rates were tracked for 2 years. Antisocial behavior, anger control, and emotional distress were influencing characteristics for recidivism. The Reynolds Adolescent Adjustment Screening Inventory may serve as a tool to identify the likelihood of reoffending for adolescents
Differences in Therapeutic Goal Attainment for Adolescents With Substance Abuse Issues in General and Dual Diagnosis Crisis Residence Programs
Adolescents with dual diagnosis and admitted to either a general or dual diagnosis acute care psychiatric program were matched ex post facto according to sex, age, diagnosis, and ethnicity. A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was conducted to evaluate differences in therapeutic goal attainment based on the two programs, while controlling for length of stay in the hospital programs. Adolescents with dual diagnosis had significantly hig…
Reflections and Directions
Reflections and Directions." Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 44(4), pp. 191–192
Wellness Model of Supervision
This quasi-experimental study compared the effectiveness of the Wellness Model of Supervision (WELMS;Lenz & Smith, 2010) with alternative supervision models for developing wellness constructs, total personal wellness, and helping skills among counselors-in-training. Participants were 32 master's-level counseling students completing their internship requirements in a counseling program accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and …
Evidence for the Mitigating Effects of a Support Group for Attitudes Toward Statistics
We implemented a large series (N = 8) single-case research design to assess the effectiveness of a four-session peer support group intervention with students in a doctoral counselor education program completing statistics coursework. Analysis of wait-list group participants’ scores on the Attitude Toward Statistics scale yielded treatment effects indicating that a support group may be effective for promoting student attitudes; however, this inter…
Validation of the Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization
Factor structure for the Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization was evaluated using separate samples for exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Results indicated a 25-item two-factor solution. The Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization may be useful in identifying the extent to which adolescents in crisis meet therapeutic goals consistent with client stabilization
The Forgiveness Reconciliation Inventory
The Forgiveness Reconciliation Inventory is a theoretically derived instrument. Participants included individuals from clinical and nonclinical populations. Confirmatory factor analysis along with correlational designs and between-group comparisons indicate strong psychometric properties of the Forgiveness Reconciliation Inventory. The authors address applications for use within counseling practice
Validation of the Juhnke–Balkin Life Balance Inventory
Life balance is an important construct within the counseling profession. A validation study utilizing exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression was conducted on the Juhnke–Balkin Life Balance Inventory. Results from the study serve as evidence of validity for an assessment instrument designed to measure life balance
Nonlinear Analysis in Counseling Research
Nonlinear effects are both underreported and underrepresented in counseling research. We provide a rationale for evaluating nonlinear effects and steps to evaluate nonlinear relationships in counseling research. Two heuristic examples are provided along with discussion of the results and advantages to evaluating nonlinear effects
Evaluating Evidence Regarding Relationships With Criteria
An overview of standards related to demonstrating evidence regarding relationships with criteria as it pertains to instrument development was presented, along with heuristic examples. Additional measures and a comprehensive design are necessary to establish evidence related to the use and interpretation of test scores for the validation of a measure
Addressing Impact of Counseling Research
Counseling researchers, who often work for institutions that place significant value on journal impact factor (JIF), are faced with the choice to publish their manuscripts in professional counseling journals or those of other professions that might have higher JIFs. Publication and journal impact factor data for 6 American Counseling Association journals and 58 American Psychological Association journals were examined. Although both groups compar…
Turkish Adaptation of the Juhnke–Balkin Life Balance Inventory
This study investigated the factor structure of the Juhnke–Balkin Life Balance Inventory (JBLI) with a sample of 429 Turkish participants. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the validated 10-factor model of JBLI did not fit the Turkish data. Therefore, a parallel analysis and an exploratory factor analysis were used to create the JBLI Turkish form
Evaluating Perceptions of Working Alliance and Crisis Stabilization for Adolescent Males in Residential Treatment for Substance Abuse
Research related to adolescents in residential treatment for substance use is limited. Evaluations identifying treatment progress across frequent, multiple time points are scant. In this study 20 adolescent males (age M = 16.46, SD = 1.04) in residential treatment for substance use completed self-report inventories related to working alliance, problem severity, well-being, and crisis stabilization across 10 weeks. Small, statistically significant…
Assessing Bayesian Racism Scale
Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests (Rust-4E)
In April 2021, The Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Executive Council commissioned a time-referenced task group to revise the Responsibilities of Users of Standardized Tests (RUST) Statement (3rd edition) published by the Association for Assessment in Counseling (AAC) in 2003. The task group developed a work plan to implement a recursive process for document review, gap analysis, commentary representation, bias accounting, an…
Sexual Attitudes and Characteristics of OnlyFans Users
Addressing Limitations of p in Counseling Research through Reporting of Bayes Factor Bound and Effect Size Precision
Null hypothesis statistical testing (NHST) in its present form continues to be the predominant method of quantitative research. Bayesian methods, which emphasize the probability of a hypothesis given the data, may be growing in popularity due to the advent of statistical software employing these methods. Rather than discarding the present methods of NHST, the purpose of this article is to enhance understanding of NHST for counseling researchers a…
Exploring the Mediating Role of Depression and Positive Orientation in the Relationship between Positive Psychological Factors and Aggression among Turkish College Students
Associations Between Forgiveness, Spirituality, and Justice Among Black Americans
Forgiveness is embedded within sociocultural elements of identity, including spiritual beliefs and orientation towards justice. Because Black American identity is storied and complex, Black Americans often navigate complex questions of forgiveness. We explored the extent to which Black Americans’ spirituality and belief in a just world influenced their capacity to forgive with implications for mental health. A multiple regression analysis conduct…
Reliable for Whom? Inferring and Reporting Reliability across Diverse Populations
We describe best practices in reporting reliability estimates in counseling research with consideration to precision, generalization, and diverse populations. We provide a historical context to reporting reliability estimates, the limitations of past practices, and new methods to address reliability generalization. We highlight best practices including consideration of reliability estimates as function of scores, not scale, diverse sample, hierar…
Use of Innovative Kitchen Equipment Promotes Use of Locally‐Sourced Foods in School Meals
BACKGROUND: Research on the value of technologically-advanced equipment for school meal practices is limited. This study aimed to investigate whether the use of this equipment is associated with two best practices in school meals-the frequency of scratch cooking and the incorporation of locally-sourced ingredients. METHODS: Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey from a sample of U.S. K-12 public school nutrition directors and manage…
Forgiveness and Black Americans as It Relates to Racial Trauma
This study investigated the complex relationship between forgiveness and racial trauma among Black Americans and focused on how experiences of racial discrimination affect mental health and the capacity to forgive. Drawing on theories of race‐based traumatic stress and forgiveness, we used the Racial Trauma Scale (RTS) and the Forgiveness Reconciliation Inventory (FRI) to analyze responses from 196 Black participants. A canonical correlation anal…
The Inventario de Perdón y Reconciliación
Psychology (21 works) · Clinical Psychology (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Applied Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Applied Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works)