An Evaluation of Reinert's Surrender Scale in an Outpatient Alcohol/Other Drug Abuse Treatment Sample

Abstract

Reinert (1997) introduced the Surrender Scale as a spiritual measure relevant for predicting clinical outcomes in alcohol/other drug (AOD) abuse treatment contexts. The purpose of this article is to examine the reliability, factor structure, and clinical validity of the Surrender Scale in a mostly African-American sample participating in a 6-week, spiritually oriented, outpatient drug rehabilitation program. Analyses were unable to support the structural and predictive validity of the scale.

KEYWORDS:

• Surrender Scale
• validity
• alcohol/other drug abuse

Notes

Thanks to the Cathedral House Re-Entry Program clinical staff, especially Thomas Trigg, whose efforts in data collection and treatment implementation made this study possible. Portions of this article were presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

*p < .05;

**p < .01;

***p < .001, two-tailed.