Open AccessEarly stages of development of a peer specialist fidelity measure.
Author(s) -
Matthew Chinman,
Sharon McCarthy,
Chantele Mitchell-Miland,
Karin Daniels,
Ada O. Youk,
Maria Orlando Edelen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
psychiatric rehabilitation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1559-3126
pISSN - 1095-158X
DOI - 10.1037/prj0000209
Subject(s) - measure (data warehouse) , fidelity , psychology , computer science , telecommunications , data mining
Research on peer specialists (individuals with serious mental illness supporting others with serious mental illness in clinical and other settings) has not yet included the measurement of fidelity. Without measuring fidelity, it is unclear whether the absence of impact in some studies is attributable to ineffective peer specialist services or because the services were not true to the intended role. This article describes the initial development of a peer specialist fidelity measure for 2 content areas: services provided by peer specialists and factors that either support or hamper the performance of those services.