Cross-Validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ)

Journal of Interpersonal Violence - Tập 19 Số 10 - Trang 1172-1190 - 2004
Wagdy Loza1, Anita Cumbleton2, Ariana Shahinfar3, Lee Hong Neo4, Maggie Evans5, Michael Conley6, Roger Summers7
1Queen's Univ., Canada
2Queen's University
3La Salle University,
4Prison Department of Singapore
5HMP Long Lartin
6Warren Correctional Institution
7Department of Justice of Western Australia

Tóm tắt

The Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) is a 72-item self-report measure designed to predict violent and nonviolent recidivism among adult criminal offenders. The results from using samples from Australia, Canada, England, Singapore, and two samples from the United States (North Carolina and Pennsylvania) indicated that (a) the SAQ has sound psychometric properties, with acceptable reliability and concurrent validity for assessing recidivism and institutional adjustment; (b) there were nosignificant differences among the scores of the White, African American, Hispanic, and Aboriginal Australian offenders on the SAQ; (c) there were no significant differences among offenders who completed the SAQ for research purposes versus offenders who completed it as part of a decision-making process. Results provided support for the validity of the SAQ to be used with the culturally diverse offenders involved in this research and provided further evidence that contradicts concerns that the SAQ as a self-report measure may be susceptible to lying, and self-presentation biases.

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