Recovery as a psychological construct.
Mental health advocates have proposed recovery as a vision for severe mental illness. The purpose of this study is to examine psychometric characteristics of a measure of the psychological construct. Thirty-five participants in a partial hospitalization program were administered the Recovery Scale and measures of quality of life, social support, self-esteem, consumer empowerment, psychiatric symptoms, needs and resources, global functioning, and verbal intelligence. Results showed the scale to have satisfactory test-retest reliability and internal consistency. Analysis of the concurrent validity of the Recovery Scale showed recovery to be positively associated with self-esteem, empowerment, social support, and quality of life. It was inversely associated with psychiatric symptoms and age. Implications of these findings for a psychological model of recovery are discussed.
University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Tinley Park, IL 60477, USA. pcorriga@mcis.bsd.uchicago.edu
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support