Validation of the Communication Skills Questionnaire (CSQ) in people with schizophrenia

Abstract This present study describes the validation of the Communication Skills Questionnaire (CSQ) in people with schizophrenia. A total of 125 clinically stable people in rehabilitation treatment who were diagnosed with schizophrenia were included. For convergent and discriminant validity the fol...

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Published in:Psychiatry research 2014-12, Vol.220 (1), p.646-653
Main Authors: Prat, Gemma, Casas-Anguera, Emma, Garcia-Franco, Mar, Escandell, Maria José, Martin, José Ramón, Vilamala, Sonia, Villalta-Gil, Victoria, Gimenez-Salinas, Jordi, Hernández-Rambla, Carla, Ochoa, Susana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Communication
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - statistics & numerical data
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Rehabilitation
Reproducibility of Results
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - rehabilitation
Social functioning
Social-skills
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Validation
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Summary:Abstract This present study describes the validation of the Communication Skills Questionnaire (CSQ) in people with schizophrenia. A total of 125 clinically stable people in rehabilitation treatment who were diagnosed with schizophrenia were included. For convergent and discriminant validity the following tests were administered; the Gambrill and Richie (GR) Assertiveness Inventory, the Social Functioning Scale (SFS), Life Skills Profile (LSP), Clinical Global Impression scale for schizophrenia (CGI-S) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale. Internal consistency of the CSQ had a Cronbach׳s alpha of 0.96. Test–retest reliability showed coefficients between 0.60 and 0.70. Convergent validity showed significant relations at p
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2014.06.036