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Reliability of a composite measure of social inclusion for people with psychiatric disabilities
Author(s) -
Lloyd Chris,
Waghorn Geoff,
Best Maria,
Gemmell Stuart
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00656.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , community integration , psychology , clinical psychology , inclusion (mineral) , rehabilitation , internal consistency , reliability (semiconductor) , psychiatry , stigma (botany) , psychometrics , medicine , social psychology , physical therapy , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
Aim: To assess the reliability of the components of a proposed composite measure of social inclusion for people with psychiatric disabilities.Method: The interview covered sociodemographics, domain‐specific socially valued role functioning, social support, stigma experiences, integration within the immediate psychosocial rehabilitation community, and integration within the wider neighbourhood community. Participants (n1 = 28; n 2 = 26) were recruited from a psychosocial rehabilitation setting. The candidate measures were assessed for short‐cycle test–retest reliability and internal consistency. Results: Several items were identified for removal from the stigma experiences and community integration subscales because of low test–retest reliability or for having not sufficiently contributed to internal consistency.Conclusions: The promising test–retest and internal consistency results warrant continuing the psychometric development of the composite measures of social inclusion and its applicability to community residents with psychiatric disabilities.