1. Psychometric evaluation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire in a Spanish sample of offenders.
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Andreu Rodríguez JM, Peña Fernández ME, and Graña Gómez JL
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- Adult, Anger, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Crime, Criminal Behavior, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Risk, Spain, Substance-Related Disorders, Violence, Young Adult, Diagnostic Self Evaluation, Prisoners psychology, Surveys and Questionnaires
- Abstract
Background: The Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) is a self-report instrument designed to predict recidivism among adult criminal offenders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of this self-report in a Spanish sample of offenders., Method: The questionnaire was administered to 276 offenders recruited from various prisons in Madrid (Spain)., Results: Confirmatory factor analyses showed that the underlying structure of SAQ was best explained by a one-factor solution. SAQ total scores exhibited high levels of internal consistency (.92). Correlations of the instrument with violence risk measures were statistically significant and had a moderate magnitude, indicating a reasonable degree of concurrent validity., Conclusions: After examination of its psychometric properties, it was concluded that the SAQ total score is a reliable and valid measure to estimate violence risk in Spanish offenders.
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- 2015
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