Social Acceptance Scale (SAS)

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Overview

Purpose
To measure perceived level of social acceptance.
Respondent
Person with a Disability
Administration Method
Interview
Administration Mode
In-person
Developer
Well-Being Project
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Population
Mental Health Challenges

Instrument Citation(s)

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.

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 PDF

Campbell, J., & Schraiber, R. (1989) The well-being project: Mental health clients speak for themselves.
Sacramento, California: Department of Health.

Psychometric Citation

  • Kressel, D., De Leon, G., Palij, M., & Rubin, G. (2000). Measuring client clinical progress in therapeutic
    community treatment: The therapeutic community Client Assessment Inventory, Client
    Assessment Summary, and Staff Assessment summary. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment,
    19, 267-272.

    Type of Publication
    Peer review
    Instrument Language
    English
    Sample: Age (Mean and Range)

    Mean age = 34 years; ranges not reported

    Sample: Age Group

    18-64 Years

    Sample: Countries/State

    New York

    Sample: Disability Type

    Mental Health Challenges

    Sample: Gender (%male)

    Nearly three quarters are male

    Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)

    Slightly more than half the total sample were black, a little more than a quarter were Latino and the rest were White or Other

    Sample: Sampling Strategy

    Convenience Sample

    Sample: Size

    346

    Reliability: Internal Consistency

    Cronbach’s for the scale (α = .95)

    Study design
    Cross-Sectional