Psychometric Assessment of a Self-Administered Version of the Significant Other Survey
Psychometric Assessment of a Self-Administered Version of the Significant Other Survey
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DOI：
10.1037/a0030378
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发表时间：
2012-12-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Kirby, Kimberly C.
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作者：
Benishek, Lois A.;Carter, Meridith;Kirby, Kimberly C.
虽然有许多一般的措施来评估与滥用药物的成年人有密切关系的个人所经历的人际和心理困扰，但直到最近，该领域还缺乏一种心理计量学上健全的、自我管理的多维度措施，明确设计用于衡量担心使用药物的非滥用药物的成年人的问题。本研究检查了54个项目的心理测量特性，自我管理（SA）版本的重要他人调查（SOS），旨在解决这一差距。SOS-SA评估七个问题领域的问题（情感、关系、家庭、财务、身体暴力、法律、健康）。系数alpha估计（N = 168）在五个领域中从好到优，在7天时间框架内的测试重测信度（N = 83）在所有七个领域中从好到优。无论项目是否询问问题频率或感知严重性，都确定了相似的信度系数。初步支持SOS-SA量表的结构和判别效度。SOS-SA似乎是一个很有前途的工具，因为它简短，不需要专门的培训来管理，并且具有良好的心理测量特性。
While there are a number of general measures that assess interpersonal and psychological distress experienced by individuals who are in a close relationship with a substance abusing adult, until recently the field has lacked a psychometrically sound, self-administered multidimensional measure explicitly designed to measure the problems of non-substance-abusing adults who are concerned about a substance using loved one. This study examined the psychometric properties of a 54-item, self-administered (SA) version of the Significant Other Survey (SOS), a measure designed to address this gap. The SOS-SA assesses problems across seven problem domains (emotional, relationship, family, financial, physical violence, legal, health). Coefficient alpha estimates (N = 168) were good to excellent for five of the domains, the test retest reliability (N = 83) across a 7-day time frame was fair to excellent for all seven domains. Similar reliability coefficients were identified regardless of whether the item queried about the problem frequency or perceived severity. There was preliminary support for the construct and discriminant validity of the SOS-SA. The SOS-SA appears to be a promising instrument given that it is brief, requires no specialized training to administer, and has good psychometric properties.