Deriving a Measure of Social Recovery Capital From the Important People and Activities Instrument: Construction and Psychometric Properties. (31st March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Francis, Meredith W; Bourdon, Jessica L; Chan, Grace; Dick, Danielle M; Edenberg, Howard J; Kamarajan, Chella; Kinreich, Sivan; Kramer, John; I-Chun Kuo, Sally; Pandey, Ashwini K; Pandey, Gayathri; Smith, Rebecca L; Bucholz, Kathleen K; McCutcheon, Vivia V
• Is Part Of: Alcohol and alcoholism. Volume 57:Number 3(2022)
• Page Start: 322
• Page End: 329
• Publication Date: 2022-03-31
• Subjects: Alcoholism -- Periodicals; 616.861005
• DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agac014
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0735-0414

Abstract

Abstract: Aim: This study presents a measure of Social Recovery Capital (SRC) derived from the Important People and Activities instrument (IPA). Methods: The sample comprised young adults who participated in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism, a high-risk family study of alcohol use disorder ( N = 2472). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis identified influential items and factor structure, adjusting for family relatedness. The final scale was tested for reliability and validity. Results: Factor analysis retained 10 items loading on three factors (Network Abstinence Behaviors, Basic Network Structure and Network Importance) that together explained 42% of the variance in SRC. The total model showed adequate fit (Comparative Fit Index = 0.95; Tucker Lewis Index = 0.93; Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.06; Standardized Root Mean Squared Residual = 0.05) and acceptable reliability (α = 0.60; McDonald's ω = 0.73) and correlated with validation measures mostly in the weak to moderate range. Due to variable factor scores for reliability and validity, we only recommend using the total score. Conclusion: The SRC-IPA is a novel measure of SRC derived from the IPA that captures social network data and has applications in research and clinical work. Secondary data analyses using the SRC-IPA in studies that collected the IPA can further demonstrate the interaction of SRC with a wide variety of clinical indicators and demographic characteristics, making it a valuable addition to other measures of SRC. Abstract : Short Summary: The SRC-IPA, a new 10-item measure of Social Recovery Capital derived from the widely-used Important People and Activities instrument, has good model fit and acceptable reliability and validity. The SRC-IPA opens up avenues for improving our understanding of social recovery capital without mounting new data collection.