Citation

Andreu-Rodríguez JM, Peña-Fernández ME, Loza W. Eur. J. Psychol. Appl. Legal Context 2016; 8(2): 51-56.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid, 2018., Publisher Sociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y Forense and the Asociación Iberoamericana de Justicia Terapéutica)

DOI

10.1016/j.ejpal.2016.03.001

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) is a self-report that predicts the risk of violence and recidivism and provides relevant information about treatment needs for incarcerated populations. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the concurrent and predictive validity of this self-report in Spanish offenders. The SAQ was administered to 276 offenders recruited from several prisons in Madrid (Spain). SAQ total scores presented high levels of internal consistency (alpha =.92). Correlations of the instrument with violence risk instruments were statistically significant and showed a moderate magnitude, indicating a reasonable degree of concurrent validity. The ROC analysis carried out on the SAQ total score revealed an AUC of.80, showing acceptable accuracy discriminating between violent and nonviolent recidivist groups. It is concluded that the SAQ total score is a reliable and valid measure to estimate violence and recidivism risk in Spanish offenders.

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