Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS)
Overview
- Purpose
- To assess the recovery processfor people with mental health challenges.
- Respondent
- Person with a Disability
- Administration Methods
- Survey
- Interview
- Administration Mode
- In-person
- Developer
- Illinois Office of Mental Health 0
- Population
- Mental Health Challenges
Instrument Citation(s)
Giffort, D., Schmook, A., Woody, C., Vollendorf, C., & Gervain, M. Construction of a scale to measure
consumer recovery. Springfield, IL: Illinois Office of Mental Health, 1995.
Ralph, R.O., Kidder, K., & Phillips, D. (2000). Can we measure recovery? A compendium of recovery and
recovery-related instruments, Volume II. Cambridge, MA: The Evaluation Center @ Human
Services Research Institute.
Campbell-Orde, T., Chamberlin, J., Carpenter, J., & Leff, H.S. (2005). Measuring the promise: A compendium of recovery
measures, volume II. Cambridge, MA: The Evaluation Center @ Human Services Research
Institute.
Missouri Institute of Mental Health. Program in Consumer Studies and Training Multi-site Protocol 1.2. https://pocc.org/assets/Uploads/COSP-FUPQ-by-Q-1.2-May-23-2001.pdf 
Psychometric Citations
Corrigan, P.W., Giffort, D., Fashid, F., Leary, M., & Okeke, I. (1999). Recovery as a psychological
construct. Community Mental Health Journal, 35(3), 231-239.- Type of Publication
- Peer review
- Instrument Language
- English
- Sample: Age (Mean and Range)
Mean=33.1 years
- Sample: Age Group
18-64 Years
- Sample: Countries/State
United State, Illinois
- Sample: Disability Type
Mental Health Challenges
- Sample: Gender (%male)
65%
- Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)
57% African American; 37% European American; 6% others
- Sample: Size
35
- Reliability: Internal Consistency
Cronbach's Alpha (α=.93)
- Reliability: Test-retest
r = .88
- Validity: Criterion Validity (Concurrent and Predictive)
Correlations with five psychosocial variables ranged from -.44 to -.71
- Study design
- Cross sectional
Corrigan, P.W., Salzer, R., Ralph, R.O., Sangster, Y., & Keck, L. (2004.) Examining the factor structure of
the Recovery Assessment Scale. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 30(4), 1035-1041.- Type of Publication
- Peer review
- Instrument Language
- English
- Sample: Age (Mean and Range)
Mean=41.8 years
- Sample: Age Group
18-64 Years
- Sample: Countries/State
United States
- Sample: Disability Type
Mental Health Challenges
- Sample: Gender (%male)
40%
- Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)
24% African American; 75% European American; 3% Latino or Hispanic; 18% Native American; 1% Asian or Pacific
- Sample: Size
1824
- Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)
EFA resulted in 8 factors that accounted for 60% of variance; CFA with five factors showed good model fit: CFI = .93, NNI = .92, NFI = .91;
- Study design
- Cross sectional
McNaught, M., Caputi, P., Oades, L.G., & Deane, F.P. (2007). Testing the validity of the Recovery
Assessment using an Australian sample. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41,
450-457.- Type of Publication
- Peer review
- Instrument Language
- English
- Sample: Age (Mean and Range)
Mean=39 years
- Sample: Age Group
18-64 Years
- Sample: Countries/State
Australia
- Sample: Disability Type
Mental Health Challenges
- Sample: Gender (%male)
58%
- Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)
Not Reported
- Sample: Size
168
- Reliability: Internal Consistency
All Cronbach's Alpha (α>.70)
- Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)
EFA resulted in five factors that accounted for 52% of variance;
CFA with the five factors indicated an acceptable fit: TLI = .90, CFI = .87, RMSEA = .06
- Validity: Criterion Validity (Concurrent and Predictive)
Correlation with other measures ranged from .20 to .68
- Study design
- Cross sectional
Chiba, R., Miyamoto, Y., & Kawakami, N. (2010). Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the
Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) for people with chronic mental illness: Scale development.
International Journal of Nursing Studies, 47, 314-322.- Type of Publication
- Peer review
- Instrument Language
- Japanese
- Sample: Age (Mean and Range)
Mean=48.3 years
- Sample: Age Group
18-64 Years
- Sample: Countries/State
Japan
- Sample: Disability Type
Mental Health Challenges
- Sample: Gender (%male)
59%
- Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)
Not Reported
- Sample: Size
237
- Reliability: Internal Consistency
Cronbach's Alpha (α= .89)
- Reliability: Test-retest
ICC = .81
- Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)
EFA resulted in five factors;
CFA indicated fits well to the data: GFI = .87; CFI = .90; RMSEA = .06- Validity: Criterion Validity (Concurrent and Predictive)
correlations with other measures ranged from .18 to .89
- Study design
- Cross sectional