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SOCRATES-C: Measuring Readiness for Change in Academic Coaching


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dc.contributor.advisorKluck, Annette
dc.contributor.authorFry, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-08T20:46:34Z
dc.date.available2018-06-08T20:46:34Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-08
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10415/6248
dc.description.abstractAcademic coaching is a remedial method to assist undergraduate students experiencing academic difficulties due to counterproductive behavioral patterns related to their academic skills and habits. Developing academic skills and changing academic habits requires a student’s willingness to address engrained behaviors that have developed over many years. In other treatment settings that target problematic patterns of behavior (i.e., substance abuse treatment), it has been found that an individual’s readiness for change should inform treatment interventions to maximize outcomes. The SOCRATES instrument was developed to address this issue in substance abuse populations. The present study provides validity evidence for the SOCRATES-C, which was adapted to measure readiness for change in academic coaching students. Similar to patterns described in substance abuse literature, academic coaching students who self-refer for academic coaching endorse more awareness/recognition of their problem behaviors and claim to be taking less steps to change their behaviors than students who do not self-refer for academic coaching. Although the present study did not use results from the SOCRATES-C to inform academic coaching intervention, it provides promising findings that the instrument could be used for this purpose in future research and practice to maximize the benefits of academic coaching. Findings from the current study have the potential to greatly improve academic performance and graduation rates for undergraduate students.en_US
dc.subjectSpecial Education, Rehabilitation, Counselingen_US
dc.titleSOCRATES-C: Measuring Readiness for Change in Academic Coachingen_US
dc.typePhD Dissertationen_US
dc.embargo.statusNOT_EMBARGOEDen_US
dc.contributor.committeeWitte, Maria
dc.contributor.committeeBuckhalt, Joseph
dc.contributor.committeeCornish, Marilyn
dc.contributor.committeeBoyd, Diane

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