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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Service to Others in Sobriety (SOS)


Alcoholics Anonymous participation has been measured in addiction research, but few validated tools distinguish components of this multidimensional construct.

This study provides psychometric findings for the scale Service to Others in Sobriety, a brief assessment of AA-related helping.

Data are derived from a sample of treatment-seeking alcoholics, and Service to Others in Sobriety validity and response stability is reported by using a test-retest sample.

Findings demonstrated adequate psychometric properties of the Service to Others in Sobriety, including convergent validity, internal consistency (alpha = 0.92) and test-rest reliability (r = 0.94).

The Service to Others in Sobriety is a valid measure of AA-related helping activities pertinent to the daily lives of recovering alcoholics.

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