Invariance of a recovery capital scale across gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation in a substance use disorder treatment program.
Substance misuse
assessment
confirmatory factor analysis
diversity
measurement invariance
recovery capital scale
Journal
The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse
ISSN: 1097-9891
Titre abrégé: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7502510
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
pubmed:
23
1
2019
medline:
15
5
2020
entrez:
23
1
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Behavioral health care providers aim to see their clients achieve lifelong recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs). To do so, they must accurately assess incoming resources and barriers to recovery to identify areas of need for their clients. A recovery capital scale (RCS) is one way to identify these resources and barriers. However, there is limited evidence that RCSs are invariant across different demographics. To evaluate whether a short 10-item RCS (SRCS-10) is invariant across gender (male versus female), ethnicity (white versus African American, Hispanic, and other racial identities) and sexual orientation (heterosexual versus non-heterosexual). The SRCS-10 is a shortened version of White's original unpublished 35-item RCS scale that was matched on items similar to the Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital (BARC-10). We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to confirm unidimensionality and then conducted measurement invariance tests. This study included 2751 females (67%) and 1341 males (33%) totaling 4092 clients from six large residential treatment centers. Using both exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and CFA the SRCS-10 has a large first to second eigenvalue ratio and had a CFI and TLI close to and above .9 with an SRMR of below .05 and an omega of .85. Additionally, we saw limited changes in key indicators such as the CFI and RMSEA across gender, race, and sexual orientation. These findings provide evidence that the SRCS-10 is a valid and reliable assessment across gender, race, and sexual orientation.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Behavioral health care providers aim to see their clients achieve lifelong recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs). To do so, they must accurately assess incoming resources and barriers to recovery to identify areas of need for their clients. A recovery capital scale (RCS) is one way to identify these resources and barriers. However, there is limited evidence that RCSs are invariant across different demographics.
OBJECTIVES
To evaluate whether a short 10-item RCS (SRCS-10) is invariant across gender (male versus female), ethnicity (white versus African American, Hispanic, and other racial identities) and sexual orientation (heterosexual versus non-heterosexual).
METHODS
The SRCS-10 is a shortened version of White's original unpublished 35-item RCS scale that was matched on items similar to the Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital (BARC-10). We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to confirm unidimensionality and then conducted measurement invariance tests.
RESULTS
This study included 2751 females (67%) and 1341 males (33%) totaling 4092 clients from six large residential treatment centers. Using both exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and CFA the SRCS-10 has a large first to second eigenvalue ratio and had a CFI and TLI close to and above .9 with an SRMR of below .05 and an omega of .85. Additionally, we saw limited changes in key indicators such as the CFI and RMSEA across gender, race, and sexual orientation.
CONCLUSIONS
These findings provide evidence that the SRCS-10 is a valid and reliable assessment across gender, race, and sexual orientation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30668158
doi: 10.1080/00952990.2018.1558228
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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