Open AccessDevelopment and validation of Vellore Inventory of Life Skills among people with severe mental illness
Author(s) -
Meghana C Chandran,
Febin Saji,
Reema Samuel,
KS Jacob
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_872_20
Subject(s) - convergent validity , psychology , clinical psychology , general health questionnaire , mental illness , population , reliability (semiconductor) , test (biology) , psychiatry , mental health , medicine , psychometrics , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , internal consistency , biology
Rehabilitation for people with severe mental illness is incomplete without life skills assessment and intervention. The aim of the study was develop a culturally specific performance-based measure assessing life skills of patients with severe mental illness.