Do Males and Females Conceptualise Work and Social Impairment Differently Following Treatment for Different Mental Health Problems?

David Smith; A Kate Fairweather-Schmidt; Benjamin Riley; Zhila Javidi-Hosseinabad; Sara Zabeen; Sharon Lawn; Malcolm Battersby

doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2017.11.016

Do Males and Females Conceptualise Work and Social Impairment Differently Following Treatment for Different Mental Health Problems?

David Smith, A Kate Fairweather-Schmidt, Benjamin Riley, Zhila Javidi-Hosseinabad, Sara Zabeen, Sharon Lawn, Malcolm Battersby

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Abstract

The Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) is used by psychiatric nurses for screening and evaluating patients' treatment outcomes for a variety of mental health problems. This study investigated longitudinal and gender measurement invariance of WSAS using structural equation modeling within a help-seeking problem gambling sample (n = 445), and an intervention program for depression and anxiety sample (n = 444). The concept of functional impairment was defined by all WSAS items in males and females at pre- and post-treatment assessments. These findings confirm that the WSAS is a robust and efficacious instrument for evaluating treatment outcomes in two differing populations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	285-290
Number of pages	6
Journal	Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2017.11.016
Publication status	Published - Apr 2018

Keywords

Depression and anxiety, work and social adjustment scale
Gender effects
Measurement invariance
Problem gambling

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