A DESCRIPTION OF THE LIFE ACTIVITIES INVENTORY AND SCORING PROCEDURES 1980 ANNUAL REPORT: VOLUME VI

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This volume of the 1980 Annual Report provides a description of the follow-up interview protocol and questionnaires (collectively called the Life Activities Inventory) that were used to obtain information on client life activities and personality characteristics prior to beginning treatment, and then again at ten and twenty months from the initial (baseline) interview. Factor analytic techniques were applied to a sample of 2,892 initial interview cases in order to combine the questionnaire and interview items into a smaller number of scales reflecting current life status and personality characteristics in different domains. Eight life status scales, five personality scales, and one response bias scale were constructed, all of which showed acceptable internal consistency reliabilities. The life status scales will be used to supplement the direct traffic safety criteria, e.g., DUI recidivism and accident involvement, in the evaluation of program effectiveness. The personality scales will

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