Promoting recovery in mental health services is hampered by a shortage of reliable and valid measures, particularly in Hong Kong. We seek to cross validate two Chinese language measures of recovery and one of recovery-promoting environments.
Method:
A cross-sectional survey of people recovering from early episode psychosis (n = 121) and family members (n = 49) was taken. Two recovery measures, the Mental Health Recovery Measure and the recovery subscale of the Peer Outcomes Protocol, and one measure of recovery-promoting environments, the Recovery Self-Assessment, were used. The Psychosis Recovery Inventory was incorporated to assess construct validity.
Results:
Internal consistency reliability for each measure was high (r = .71–.94); one-factor solutions were parsimonious. People in recovery rated their risk for relapse lower than did their family members.
Conclusions:
Moderately strong positive correlations among recovery measures lend support to construct validity. Several “recovery-promoting environment” items should be reassessed for cultural fit in Hong Kong.
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