Impact of VVV Group for Veterans With SMI

PSYRATS-AH is an 11-item scale which assesses the frequency, duration, severity, loudness, location, negative content, and controllability of voices, intensity of distress, and beliefs about origin of voices and disruptiveness. Minimum score is 0, maximum 44. Any decrease in overall score is indicative of decreased distress.

The Role Functioning Scale (RFS) is a broad global integration index across the 4 domains: work, independent living, and family relationships and immediate social network relationships. Each domain ranges from 1 (worst) to 7 (best), for a total score range of minimum 4, maximum 28.

The Revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R) is a measure of a person's beliefs, emotions and behavior in response to voices. The 35-item questionnaire forms five sub-scales: three concerning beliefs about the dominant voice (malevolence, benevolence and omnipotence), and two concerning emotional and behavioral reactions (resistance, and engagement). The omnipotence subscale measures the amount of omnipotence the subjects attributes to their voice. Minimum score is 0, maximum is 18, higher score indicates greater omnipotence.

The Revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R) is a measure of a person's beliefs, emotions and behavior in response to voices. The 35-item questionnaire forms five sub-scales: three concerning beliefs about the dominant voice (malevolence, benevolence and omnipotence), and two concerning emotional and behavioral reactions (resistance, and engagement). The malevolence subscale measures the amount of malevolence the subjects attribute to their voice. Minimum score is 0, maximum is 18, higher score indicates greater malevolence.

The Revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R) is a measure of a person's beliefs, emotions and behavior in response to voices. The 35-item questionnaire forms five sub-scales: three concerning beliefs about the dominant voice (malevolence, benevolence and omnipotence), and two concerning emotional and behavioral reactions (resistance, and engagement). The benevolence subscale measures the amount of benevolence the subjects attribute to their voice. Minimum score is 0, maximum is 18, higher score indicates greater benevolence.

The Revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R) is a measure of a person's beliefs, emotions and behavior in response to voices. The 35-item questionnaire forms five sub-scales: three concerning beliefs about the dominant voice (malevolence, benevolence and omnipotence), and two concerning emotional and behavioral reactions (resistance, and engagement). The resistance subscale measures the degree to which the subject willingly engages with their voices. Minimum score is 0, maximum is 18, higher score indicates greater resistance and less engagement.

The Revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R) is a measure of a person's beliefs, emotions and behavior in response to voices. The 35-item questionnaire forms five sub-scales: three concerning beliefs about the dominant voice (malevolence, benevolence and omnipotence), and two concerning emotional and behavioral reactions (resistance, and engagement). The emotional resistance subscale measures the degree to which the subject willingly engages with their voices emotionally. Minimum score is 0, maximum 12, higher score indicates greater resistance and less engagement.

The Revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R) is a measure of a person's beliefs, emotions and behavior in response to voices. The 35-item questionnaire forms five sub-scales: three concerning beliefs about the dominant voice (malevolence, benevolence and omnipotence), and two concerning emotional and behavioral reactions (resistance, and engagement). The behavioral resistance subscale measures the degree to which the subject willingly engages with their voices behaviorally. Minimum score is 0, maximum is 15, higher score indicates greater resistance and less engagement.

The Revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R) is a measure of a person's beliefs, emotions and behavior in response to voices. The 35-item questionnaire forms five sub-scales: three concerning beliefs about the dominant voice (malevolence, benevolence and omnipotence), and two concerning emotional and behavioral reactions (resistance, and engagement). The engagement subscale measures the degree to which the subject willingly engages with their voices. Minimum score is 0, maximum 27, higher score indicates greater engagement.

The Revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R) is a measure of a person's beliefs, emotions and behavior in response to voices. The 35-item questionnaire forms five sub-scales: three concerning beliefs about the dominant voice (malevolence, benevolence and omnipotence), and two concerning emotional and behavioral reactions (resistance, and engagement). The emotional engagement subscale measures the degree to which the subject willingly engages with their voices emotionally. Minimum score is 0, maximum 15, higher score indicates greater engagement.

The Revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R) is a measure of a person's beliefs, emotions and behavior in response to voices. The 35-item questionnaire forms five sub-scales: three concerning beliefs about the dominant voice (malevolence, benevolence and omnipotence), and two concerning emotional and behavioral reactions (resistance, and engagement). The behavioral engagement subscale measures the degree to which the subject willingly engages with their voices behaviorally. Minimum score is 0, maximum is 12, Higher score indicates greater engagement.

The Peters Delusion Inventory is a 21-item measure of distress, preoccupation, and conviction of delusions with high convergent, discriminant, and criterion validity. Minimum score is 0, maximum is 21. Higher score indicates worse outcome.

The Peters Delusion Inventory is a 21-item measure of distress, preoccupation, and conviction of delusions with high convergent, discriminant, and criterion validity. Minimum score is 0, maximum is 60. Higher score indicates worse outcome. The distress subscale measures the amount of cumulative distress associated with all reported delusions.

Assesses for psychiatric symptoms-specifically the positive/negative symptom assess subscale scores and suicidal ideation. Minimum score is 24, maximum is 168. Higher score indicates worse outcome.

The Questionnaire on the Process of Recovery (QPR) is an instrument co-developed by service users and re-searchers about recovery from psychosis with 15 items measuring connectedness, hope, identity, meaning, and empowerment. The QPR has demonstrated high internal and convergent validity as well as sensitivity to change. Minimum score is 0, maximum is 60. Higher score indicates better outcome.

Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale is a 10-item measure of self-efficacy that has been shown to be valid and reliable and has been used with schizophrenia. Range, 10-40. Higher score indicates better outcome.

The Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness scale is a 29-item measure of internalized stigma with five subscales (alienation, stereotype endorsement, discrimination, experience, social withdrawal, and stigma resistance). It has been used with schizophrenia and is reliable (a = .90) and valid. Range, 1-4, as all item scores are averaged. Higher score indicates worse outcome.

UCLA Loneliness Scale, a 20-item scale measuring subjective experience of loneliness, is considered the gold standard measure of perceived social isolation and is highly reliable (a = .89-.94) and valid. It has been used with SSD. Range, 20-80. Higher score indicates worse outcome.