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The Independent Living Skills Inventory: An examination of its validity and clinical use
Abstract
The purpose of the present research project was to examine the validity and clinical use of the Independent Living Skills Inventory (ILSI). The ILSI is a behavioral assessment instrument which was designed to assess the social and self-care skills of chronically mentally ill individuals from a social competence perspective. Archived data from the clinical records of chronically mentally ill patients at the Lincoln Regional Center were used for analysis. Items from 90 ILSI ratings were subjected to factor analysis. Several minor modifications to the original subscale structure of the ILSI were suggested by the factor analytic procedures. The ILSI ratings of 61 patients were compared with other clinical measures and with clinical decisions. Indices of construct and concurrent validity generally confirm the validity of the ILSI and its subscales, although there are some differences in the validity of the various subscales.
Subject Area
Psychotherapy
Recommended Citation
Sanchez, Debra Ann, "The Independent Living Skills Inventory: An examination of its validity and clinical use" (1987). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8806152.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8806152