Consulting Psychology Journal, Vol 78(2), Jun 2026, 91-111; doi:10.1037/cpb0000307
The solution-focused approach facilitates positive change through brief interventions that enhance solution-focused thinking. The Solution-Focused Inventory (SFI), which measures solution-focused thinking, is increasingly being used to assess outcomes of this approach, as well as in other applications. The SFI has been translated into multiple languages (Chinese, Spanish, Turkish). This article presents a translation of the SFI into Hebrew (SFI-H), validated using two separate samples of MBA students (N = 753 and N = 173) and a sample of third-year undergraduate students in an entrepreneurship program (N = 169). The SFI-H reproduces the SFI’s three-factor structure and shows adequate validity and reliability, as well as sensitivity to change when used to measure the outcomes of a solution-focused coaching intervention. This study further confirms the scale’s divergent validity in comparison to a scale used to measure psychological capital—a construct that bears similarities to, yet is ultimately distinct from, solution-focused thinking (the construct measured by the SFI-H). Notably, compared with measurements of psychological capital, the SFI shows superior capacity to predict entrepreneurship performance. This scale contributes to international efforts to expand access to the solution-focused approach to consulting, coaching, and counseling and the capacity to assess its outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)