Cross-validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ): an offender risk and need assessment measure on Australian, British, Canadian, Singaporean, and American offenders
| Autor: | Lee Hong Neo, Michael Conley, Anita Cumbleton, Maggie Evans, Wagdy Loza, Roger Summers, Ariana Shahinfar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Self-assessment
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Canada Self-Assessment Psychometrics Concurrent validity Poison control Violence Risk Assessment Occupational safety and health Surveys and Questionnaires medicine North Carolina Secondary Prevention Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychiatry Applied Psychology Aged Singapore Recidivism 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Sex Offenses Australia Construct validity Human factors and ergonomics Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged Pennsylvania Clinical Psychology England 0509 other social sciences Psychology Needs Assessment 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of interpersonal violence. 19(10) |
| ISSN: | 0886-2605 |
| Popis: | 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 nosignificant 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. |
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