Abstract
The concept of recovery has been expanding overseas with remarkable speed. The Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) is one of the
measures widely used to capture self-perceptions of a sense of recovery for people with psychiatric disabilities. The current
study tested measurement invariance of RAS between the US and Japanese samples for people with psychiatric disabilities, which
is a precursor of further cross-cultural comparisons without any contamination of systematic cultural bias. A multiple-group
confirmatory factor analysis was applied to US (N = 446) and Japanese (N = 214) participants for testing configural, loading, and intercept invariance. The results revealed that RAS items equally
captured their associated recovery domains between American and Japanese participants. For two domains, “personal confidence
and hope” and “reliance on others,” the two groups systematically responded with different patterns. Different cultural environments
may have additive influences toward people’s response patterns to their recovery across countries.
measures widely used to capture self-perceptions of a sense of recovery for people with psychiatric disabilities. The current
study tested measurement invariance of RAS between the US and Japanese samples for people with psychiatric disabilities, which
is a precursor of further cross-cultural comparisons without any contamination of systematic cultural bias. A multiple-group
confirmatory factor analysis was applied to US (N = 446) and Japanese (N = 214) participants for testing configural, loading, and intercept invariance. The results revealed that RAS items equally
captured their associated recovery domains between American and Japanese participants. For two domains, “personal confidence
and hope” and “reliance on others,” the two groups systematically responded with different patterns. Different cultural environments
may have additive influences toward people’s response patterns to their recovery across countries.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-9
- DOI 10.1007/s10597-012-9513-2
- Authors
- Sadaaki Fukui, Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis, School of Social Welfare Office of Mental Health Research and Training, The University of Kansas, 1545 Lilac Lane, Lawrence, KS 66044-3184, USA
- Yuka Shimizu, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka, 558-8585 Japan
- Charles A. Rapp, School of Social Welfare Office of Mental Health Research and Training, The University of Kansas, 1545 Lilac Lane, Lawrence, KS 66044-3184, USA
- Journal Community Mental Health Journal
- Online ISSN 1573-2789
- Print ISSN 0010-3853