title: Measuring stages of recovery from psychosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mental health consumers invite us to abandon the pathology model, which is tied to pessimism, and instead to embrace a model of personal recovery that goes beyond being free from symptoms, and involves self-management of the illness. The Stages of Recovery Instrument (STORI) is a measure developed from the perspective of consumers according to a conceptual five-stage model of recovery.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The main aim of this work was to study the psychometric properties of the STORI, but we also set out to compare the stages of recovery in our sample with the five-stage model in the sample with which the scale was developed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our sample consisted of 95 people diagnosed with schizophrenia-spectrum psychoses, with a mean age of 34.74 (SD=9.25).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The STORI scores showed adequate psychometric properties in this sample. Cluster analysis indicated that the three-cluster model fitted the data better than the five-cluster model. Internal consistency of the STORI scores ranged between .83 and .87. STORI stages were associated with Recovery Styles Questionnaire scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results provide empirical validation of the STORI in other countries. Empirical evidence revealed that the stages of recovery found in our own and other clinical samples differ from those found in the samples with which the scale was developed.
authors.affiliation: University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental (Center for Biomedical Research in the Mental Health Network, CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: slemos@uniovi.es.
authors.forename: Serafín
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lemos-Giráldez
authors.affiliation: University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental (Center for Biomedical Research in the Mental Health Network, CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Leticia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García-Alvarez
authors.affiliation: University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental (Center for Biomedical Research in the Mental Health Network, CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paino
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental (Center for Biomedical Research in the Mental Health Network, CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain; University of La Rioja, La Rioja, Spain.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fonseca-Pedrero
authors.affiliation: Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Spain.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vallina-Fernández
authors.affiliation: University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vallejo-Seco
authors.affiliation: Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Spain.
authors.forename: Purificación
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fernández-Iglesias
authors.affiliation: University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ordóñez-Camblor
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Services, Asturias, Spain.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Solares-Vázquez
authors.affiliation: Department of Research, Centre d'Higiene Mental Les Corts, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Laia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mas-Expósito
authors.affiliation: Department of Research, Centre d'Higiene Mental Les Corts, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barajas
authors.affiliation: University of Wollongong, Australia.
authors.forename: Retta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andresen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult