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- The research reevaluated the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) due to past criticisms, utilizing a longer tracking period for recidivism, a different recidivism measure, a larger sample size, and more sophisticated analysis techniques.
- Findings showed three out of six subscales used for predicting recidivism still lacked good reliability, and four subscales weren't unidimensional, which means they don't measure a single concept effectively.
- In a notable contrast to previous results, the study revealed that the total score from the SAQ could modestly predict the likelihood of reconviction.
Article Abstract
This research reassessed the psychometric properties and predictive validity of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) in response to published criticism of the authors' earlier work. The current research used a much longer recidivism tracking-period, a different measure of recidivism, a larger sample, and more advanced analytic techniques than the original. Examination of the SAQ's psychometric properties continued to indicate that three of the six recidivism prediction subscales exhibited substandard levels of reliability and four of these subscales were not unidimensional. Yet, in contrast to the author's earlier results, the current analyses found that SAQ total score modestly predicted reconviction.
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