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Validation of the Community Integration Scale for Adults with Psychiatric Disorders (CIS-APP-34)

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The current focus on community integration of individuals with psychiatric problems is attracting an increasing interest in the psychological literature, as it is regarded as a favorable factor in the recovery and for the well-being of these individuals. The Community Integration Scale of Adults with Psychiatric Disorders (CIS-APP-34) is a self-report scale developed to assess community integration in several dimensions. The main goal of the current study is to explore the psychometric properties of CIS-APP-34 in a sample of 411 participants with and without a psychiatric illness, with ages between 19 and 91 years old, living in the Azores Islands, Portugal. A confirmatory factor analysis was carried out to confirm the latent structure of the scale, and a five-factor model has presented good fit indices. Further analysis showed that the CIS-APP-34 is a measure with good reliability, validity and discriminant ability.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the participants, and the staff from the institutions that collaborated in this research in the data collection on the sample of patients: Psychiatric services from Hospital Divino Espírito Santo (SP-HDES); Vila do Porto Health Unit, Instituto para o Desenvolvimento Social dos Açores (IDSA), Associação Regional de Reabilitação e Inserção Sócio-Cultural dos Açores (ARRISCA), Associação para a promoção de saúde mental (ANCORAR) and private mental health services.

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  1. University of Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

    Joana Cabral, Célia Barreto Carvalho, Carolina da Motta & Marina Sousa

  2. Cognitive and Behavioural Center for Research and Intervention, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Célia Barreto Carvalho & Carolina da Motta

  3. Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of the Azores, Rua Mãe Deus, 9500-321, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

    Joana Cabral

  4. Apartado 1422, 9501-801, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

    Joana Cabral

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Cabral, J., Carvalho, C.B., da Motta, C. et al. Validation of the Community Integration Scale for Adults with Psychiatric Disorders (CIS-APP-34). Community Ment Health J 54, 673–681 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-017-0228-2

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