Reliability of a composite measure of social inclusion for people with psychiatric disabilities.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the reliability of the components of a proposed composite measure of social inclusion for people with psychiatric disabilities.


METHODS
The interview covered sociodemographics, domain-specific socially valued role functioning, social support, stigma experiences, integration within the immediate psychosocial rehabilitation community, and integration within the wider neighbourhood community. Participants (n(1) = 28; n(2) = 26) were recruited from a psychosocial rehabilitation setting. The candidate measures were assessed for short-cycle test-retest reliability and internal consistency.


RESULTS
Several items were identified for removal from the stigma experiences and community integration subscales because of low test-retest reliability or for having not sufficiently contributed to internal consistency.


CONCLUSIONS
The promising test-retest and internal consistency results warrant continuing the psychometric development of the composite measures of social inclusion and its applicability to community residents with psychiatric disabilities.
Lloyd
Chris
C
Division of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia. lloyd@onthenet.com.au
Waghorn
Geoff
G
Best
Maria
M
Gemmell
Stuart
S
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011287:Prejudice; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D011793:Queensland; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012931:Social Environment; D012933:Social Identification; D012944:Social Support; D012951:Socialization; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult