title: A measure of readiness for substance abuse treatment. Psychometric properties of the RAATE-R interview.
abstract: The Recovery Attitude and Treatment Evaluator-Research (RAATE-R) scale is a structured interview that assesses readiness for substance abuse treatment in five subscales: resistance to treatment, resistance to continuing care, bio-medical acuity, psychological acuity, and environmental/ social problems. Psychometric properties, based on an interrater reliability analysis of 23 raters and administration of the scale to 116 cocaine-dependent outpatients, included high interrater reliability, high internal consistency, independence of subscales, and a factor structure that partially supports the scale's original design. The authors discuss limitations of these conclusions and the lack of concurrent validity with a self-report measure of therapy readiness.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178, USA. Lnajavits@aol.com
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Najavits
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Gastfriend
authors.forename: E Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blaine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Muenz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thase
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D015588:Observer Variation; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*