Problem-Solving Style Questionnaire
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Problem Solving is a helpful intervention whenever clients present with difficulties, dilemmas, and conundrums, or when they experience repetitive thought such as rumination or worry. Effective problem solving is an essential life skill and this Problem Solving worksheet is designed to guide adults through steps which will help them to generate solutions to ‘stuck’ situations in their lives. It follows the qualities of effective problem solving outlined by Nezu, Nezu & D’Zurilla (2013), namely: clearly defining a problem; generation of alternative solutions; deliberative decision making; and the implementation of the chosen solution.
The therapist’s stance during problem solving should be one of collaborative curiosity. It is not for the therapist to pass judgement or to impose their preferred solution. Instead is the clinician’s role to sit alongside clients and to help them examine the advantages and disadvantages of their options and, if the client is ‘stuck’ in rumination or worry, to help motivate them to take action to become unstuck – constructive rumination asks “How can I…?” questions instead of “Why…?” questions.
In their description of problem solving therapy Nezu, Nezu & D’Zurilla (2013) describe how it is helpful to elicit a positive orientation towards the problem which involves: being willing to appraise problems as challenges; remain optimistic that problems are solvable; remember that successful problem solving involves time and effort.
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- What is the nature of the problem?
- What are my goals?
- What is getting the way of me reaching my goals?
- “Can you think of any ways that you could make this problem not be a problem any more?”
- “What’s keeping this problem as a problem? What could you do to target that part of the problem?”
- “If your friend was bothered by a problem like this what might be something that you recommend they try?”
- “What would be some of the worst ways of solving a problem like this? And the best?”
- “How would Batman solve a problem like this?”
- Consider short term and long-term implications of each strategy
- Implications may relate to: emotional well-being, choices & opportunities, relationships, self-growth
- The next step is to consider which of the available options is the best solution. If you do not feel positive about any solutions, the choice becomes “Which is the least-worst?”. Remember that “even not-making-a-choice is a form of choice”.
- The last step of problem solving is putting a plan into action. Rumination, worry, and being in the horns of a dilemma are ‘stuck’ states which require a behavioral ‘nudge’ to become unstuck. Once you have put your plan into action it is important to monitor the outcome and to evaluate whether the actual outcome was consistent with the anticipated outcome.
- Beck, A.T., Rush, A.J., Shaw, B.F., & Emery, G. (1979). Cognitive therapy of depression . New York: Guilford. Nezu, A. M., Nezu, C. M., D’Zurilla, T. J. (2013). Problem-solving therapy: a treatment manual . New York: Springer.
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The scale for problem solving skills in mathematics: further evidence for construct validity ☆.
Though numerous measures of problem solving skills in mathematics have been presented in the literature, procedures used to evaluate the construct validity of these measures are often incomplete. Few studies have examined multiple measures using dat a from the same sample or similar samples. The purpose of this study was to re-evaluate construct validity of the Scale for Problem Solving Skills in Mathematics . This study was designed to improve this newly developed instrument by following the processes of construct validity on similar sample. Using a cluster sampling of 7th and 8th grade students, 416 respondents were included in the study. Of the participants, 218 (52.4%) were female and 198 (47.6%) were male. The Scale for Problem Solving Skills in Mathematics was developed by Uysal (2007) in order to determine the level of school students‟ problem solving skills in mathematics. This self-report instrument consists of 28 items scored on a five-point Likert type scale with responses ranging between 1 (never) to 5 (always) and has three subscales. To evaluate construct validity of the instrument, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. The data were analyzed by LISREL 8.7 and SPSS 17. The results of analyses based on responses to the items of 416 subjects indicated that there were problems with some of the subscales and individual items.
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