Validation of a sorting of cards Q for the evaluation of the social adaptation in psychiatry
This study presents the development and validation of a Q-Sort for assessing social adaptation of psychiatric patients (Q-ASP). The Q-Method is thought to provide useful qualitative and quantitative data for the participant observers of social adaptation of patients at risk for violence and addiction in the process of psychiatric rehabilitation, 33 patients were evaluated by clinicians using the Q-ASP The results confirmed that the Q-ASP had an excellent stability (r = 0.95) and converged with the HoNOS (r = 0.62) as expected. Interrater reliability was fair (r = 0.70) and experts agreed (r = 0.81) to describe an optimum profile of a patient that is likely to socially adapt to his/her community. The main advantage of the Q-ASP is to provide a behavioral profile of risks and protective factors related to adaptation of psychiatric patients in their social environment.