title: Cross-validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ): an offender risk and need assessment measure on Australian, British, Canadian, Singaporean, and American offenders.
abstract: 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 no significant 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.
authors.affiliation: Queen's University, Canada. wml@post.queensu.ca
authors.forename: Wagdy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Loza
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cumbleton
authors.forename: Ariana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shahinfar
authors.forename: Lee Hong
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Neo
authors.forename: Maggie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Conley
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009657:North Carolina; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012846:Singapore; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data