RT Article
T1 Demonstrating the Reliability of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire for Use With South African Offenders
JF International criminal justice review
VO 32
IS 3
SP 257
OP 269
A1 Prinsloo, Johan
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1809031001
AB The objective of this research was to examine the reliability and effectiveness of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) for use with South African offenders. A total of 986 male offenders, with a mean age of 30.6 years (SD = 9.83) and who were incarcerated in different correctional centers in South Africa, participated in the study. Approximately 75% of the participants were convicted of violent crimes. The Cronbach’s α reliability coefficient for the total SAQ was .92 and subscale coefficients varied between .32, which are consistent with previous international results. Most of the inter-subscale correlations are statistically significant and of moderate strength (r = .4–.7) or small relationships (r = .2–.4). With a single exception, all the items-subscale correlations were above .30 and consistent with the results of prior research conducted in Australia, Canada, England, Singapore, and the United States of America.
K1 South Africa
K1 Reliability
K1 Recidivism
K1 Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ)
DO 10.1177/1057567721990710