Recovery assessment scale: Examining the factor structure of the German version (RAS-G) in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

Cavelti, Marialuisa; Wirtz, M; Corrigan, P; Vauth, R (2017). Recovery assessment scale: Examining the factor structure of the German version (RAS-G) in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. European psychiatry, 41, pp. 60-67. Elsevier Masson SAS 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.10.006

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BACKGROUND

The recovery framework has found its way into local and national mental health services and policies around the world, especially in English speaking countries. To promote this process, it is necessary to assess personal recovery validly and reliably. The Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) is the most established measure in recovery research. The aim of the current study is to examine the factor structure of the German version of the RAS (RAS-G).

METHODS

One hundred and fifty-six German-speaking clients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder from a community mental health service completed the RAS-G plus measures of recovery attitudes, self-stigma, psychotic symptoms, depression, and functioning. A confirmatory factor analysis of the original 24-item RAS version was conducted to examine its factor structure, followed by reliability and validity testing of the extracted factors.

RESULTS

The CFA yielded five factors capturing 14 items which showed a substantial overlap with the original subscales Personal Confidence and Hope, Goal and Success Orientation, Willingness to Ask for Help, Reliance on Others, and No Domination by Symptoms. The factors demonstrated mean to excellent reliability (0.59-0.89) and satisfactory criterial validity by positive correlations with measures of recovery attitudes and functioning, and negative correlations with measures of self-stigma, and psychotic and depressive symptoms.

CONCLUSIONS

The study results are discussed in the light of other studies examining the factor structure of the RAS. Overall, they support the use of the RAS-G as a means to promote recovery oriented services, policies, and research in German-speaking countries.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Translational Research Center
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services

UniBE Contributor:

Cavelti, Marialuisa (A)

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0924-9338

Publisher:

Elsevier Masson SAS

Language:

English

Submitter:

Marialuisa Cavelti

Date Deposited:

02 Jul 2019 09:39

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:36

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.10.006

PubMed ID:

28049083

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Measure Psychosis Reliability Serious mental illness Validity

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.122817

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/122817

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