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Validity and Reliability of Recovery Assessment Scale for Cantonese Speaking Chinese Consumers with Mental Illness

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The present study aims to determine the reliability and validity of a 24-item Recovery Assessment Scale for Cantonese speakers (RAS-C) in the Chinese cultural context. The original English version of the RAS was translated into the RAS-C by means of forward and backward translation procedures. AThe cross-sectional research design adopted involving 295 participants randomly drawn from a population of Chinese Cantonese speaking consumers with mental illness who have been participating in community-based mental health services. The RAS-C has demonstrated high reliability with Cronbach’s alpha = .92. The RAS-C also shows significant and positive correlations with measures on the stage of recovery, self-esteem and quality of life of the service consumers. An explorative factor analysis of the RAS-C yielded five factors that were consistent with previous research results. The present study confirms the reliability and validity of the RAS-C. The RAS-C can facilitate the development of interventions that are effective in promoting the recovery of consumers in Chinese communities.

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Acknowledgment

This study was generously sponsored by the Social Science Faculty of Hong Kong Baptist University [Cost Centre: 38-40-094]. Special thanks are given to the following non-governmental organizations for their kind support to this research project: Baptist Oi Kwan Social service, Caritas Hong Kong Social Service Division, Christian Family Service Centre, and Richmond Fellowship of Hong Kong. The authors would like to sincerely thank the participants and staff members for their involvement.

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    Daniel K. W. Young, Petrus Y. N. Ng, Jiayan Pan & Daphne Cheng

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Young, D.K.W., Ng, P.Y.N., Pan, J. et al. Validity and Reliability of Recovery Assessment Scale for Cantonese Speaking Chinese Consumers with Mental Illness. Int J Ment Health Addiction 15, 198–208 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-016-9657-3

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