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Evaluation of a Modified Self-Report Measure of Social Adjustment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peter Cooper ,
Madeline Osborn ,
Dennis Gath  and
Graeme Feggetter
Peter Cooper
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
Madeline Osborn
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
Dennis Gath
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
Graeme Feggetter
Affiliation:
Warnford Hospital; now Consultant Psychiatrist, Peterborough District Hospital
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Summary

A self-report Social Adjustment Scale (SAS-M) for use in British populations was devised by modifying the original North American version, and its usefulness was evaluated among 331 women drawn from two local populations. In a group of mothers of one year old babies (n = 130), high levels of agreement were found between the subjects' self-ratings on the SAS-M and (i) a psychiatrist's ratings of their social adjustment made at interview; (ii) ratings of the subjects' social adjustment made by their husbands on the SAS-M; (iii) measures of concurrent mental state. In a group of women undergoing elective sterilization (n = 201), the SAS-M was found to be sensitive to changes in mental state over time. Possible applications of the SAS-M in psychiatric research, particularly when an interview is not feasible, are discussed.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 141 , Issue 1 , July 1982 , pp. 68 - 75
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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