TY - JOUR
T1 - External validity of the Symptom Assessment-45 Questionnaire (SA-45) in a clinical sample
AU - Slavin-Mulford, Jenelle M
AU - Perkey, Hana
AU - Blais, Mark
AU - Stein, Michelle
AU - Sinclair, Samuel Justin
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PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - This study seeks to evaluate the construct validity of the Symptom Assessment-45 by investigating the instrument's correlation with selected scales from the Personality Assessment Inventory and life-event data in a sample of 93 psychiatric patients. The life-event data used in the study included: education and employment, as well as history of suicide attempts, psychiatric hospitalizations, medical problems, hallucinations, and paranoid ideation. Bivariate correlations were computed to explore the associations among the SA-45 scales and the validity criteria. The results indicated that the SA-45 scales demonstrated adequate convergent and divergent validity with target scales from the PAI. They were also found to be meaningfully associated with a variety of life event variables. These findings add to the emerging body of evidence corroborating the convergent and discriminant validity of the SA-45.
AB - This study seeks to evaluate the construct validity of the Symptom Assessment-45 by investigating the instrument's correlation with selected scales from the Personality Assessment Inventory and life-event data in a sample of 93 psychiatric patients. The life-event data used in the study included: education and employment, as well as history of suicide attempts, psychiatric hospitalizations, medical problems, hallucinations, and paranoid ideation. Bivariate correlations were computed to explore the associations among the SA-45 scales and the validity criteria. The results indicated that the SA-45 scales demonstrated adequate convergent and divergent validity with target scales from the PAI. They were also found to be meaningfully associated with a variety of life event variables. These findings add to the emerging body of evidence corroborating the convergent and discriminant validity of the SA-45.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.12.007
DO - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.12.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 25612902
AN - SCOPUS:84925235856
SN - 0010-440X
VL - 58
SP - 205
EP - 212
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
ER -