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Saturday, February 17, 2007


Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 2006 Dec Vol 20(4) 453-462

The Development and Initial Evaluation of the Survey of Readiness for Alcoholics Anonymous Participation.





Kingree, J. B.; E-mail: jking10@sph.emory.edu
Simpson, Alpha;

Thompson, Martie;

McCrady, Barbara;

Tonigan, J. Scott;

Lautenschlager, Gary



Kingree, J. B.: Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, US

Simpson, Alpha: Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, US

Thompson, Martie: Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, US

McCrady, Barbara: Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, NJ, US

Tonigan, J. Scott: Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, US

Lautenschlager, Gary: Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, US



Abstract

This article presents 5 studies related to the development and initial evaluation of the Survey of Readiness for Alcoholics Anonymous Participation (SYRAAP).

The SYRAAP is a brief, multidimensional, self-administered instrument that assesses beliefs associated with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) participation.

Study 1 generated 239 candidate items for potential inclusion in the instrument.

Study 2 assessed the content validity of these items according to 3 criteria and identified a subset of 60 with the highest values on the criteria for further consideration.

Study 3 produced a shorter version of the SYRAAP and evaluated its structure, internal reliability, and validity.

Study 4 reevaluated the structure and internal reliability of the SYRAAP and yielded findings that were generally consistent with those from Study 3.

Study 5 established stability reliability for the instrument.

The collective findings indicated the SYRAAP can reliably and validly assess individual-level beliefs associated with AA participation.

The potential use of the SYRAAP for researchers and clinicians, along with limitations of the work presented here, are discussed.