期刊名称：SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
印刷版ISSN：2319-4766
电子版ISSN：2278-8808
出版年度：2020
卷号：7
期号：57
页码：13527-13538
语种：English
出版社：SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL'S
摘要：The aim of this study is to explore reliability and validity of Psychological Counseling Need Scale (PCNS) for use among secondary level students of uttarakhand. This PCNS is developed by Chouhan and Arora published by Manasvi Agra. The scale consists of 25 items with 5 point ratings. This scale was administered on 200 secondary level students of Raipur block, Dehradun. The data obtained was subjected to reliability analysis and factorial analysis. The internal Consistency reliability was found to be 0.54 which shows poor internal consistency and Split half Reliability was also found to be 0.54 which shows poor level. Factor analysis was used to assess validity in which 9 facto rs were obtained that explained 55.81% of variance. It meant that data varied under influence of some other factors, which are not covered by the items of PCNS. It indicates relatively low construct validity of PCNS. Hence , it is suggested to use this tool very cautiously in the perspective of uttarakhand, where socio-cultural situations are different from rest of the country.
