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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Offender Rehabil. 2012 Mar 7;51(1-2):34–56. doi: 10.1080/10509674.2012.633024

Table 1.

Summary of Means, Distributions, and Psychometric Statistics for TCU Short Form Assessments

Scales N Mean Mean range S.D. 1st quartile 2nd quartile 3rd quartile Inter-quartile range Coefficient Alphaa Alpha N Alpha Range
Total Within
TCU Drug Screen II (TCUDS)
TCUDS II 5022 5.2 3.6 – 6.2 2.98 3.0 5.0 8.0 5.0 .87 .86 5133 .84 – .89
Criminal Thinking Scales
Entitlement (EN) 15096 17.5 16.0 – 19.9 6.00 11.7 18.3 20.0 8.3 .86 .85 14973 .83 – .88
Justification (JU) 15752 19.7 18.4 – 22.0 6.48 15.0 20.0 23.3 8.3 .80 .80 14969 .76 – .82
Power Orientation (PO) 15754 23.2 21.4 – 26.6 7.10 18.6 22.9 27.1 8.6 .83 .82 14952 .79 – .84
Cold Heartedness (CH) 15755 22.3 19.1 – 28.1 6.75 18.0 22.0 26.0 8.0 .67 .65 15021 .61 – .70
Rationalization (RN) 15755 28.1 25.4 – 31.4 8.15 22.0 28.3 33.3 11.3 .80 .78 14963 .74 – .82
Personal Irresponsibility (PI) 15751 20.2 18.1 – 22.9 6.29 16.7 20.0 23.3 6.7 .73 .72 14966 .68 – .75
Motivation Scales
Problem Recognition (PR) 15876 36.3 32.4 – 41.0 9.13 31.1 37.8 42.2 11.1 .90 .89 15660 .83 – .91
Desire for Help (DH) 15876 40.3 37.2 – 43.9 7.28 36.7 41.7 46.7 10.0 .81 .79 15730 .77 – .82
Treatment Readiness (TR) 15876 36.7 33.8 – 41.3 7.51 32.5 37.5 41.3 8.8 .84 .82 15715 .80 – .84
Treatment Needs (TN) 15876 33.5 29.6 – 38.7 7.76 28.0 34.0 38.0 10.0 .64 .62 15785 .53 – .66
Psychological Functioning Scales
Self Esteem (SE) 15818 36.8 33.5 – 39.3 7.54 31.7 38.3 41.7 10.0 .76 .75 15724 .67 – .81
Depression (DP) 15818 23.9 19.8 – 28.8 8.17 18.3 23.3 30.0 11.7 .81 .77 15596 .73 – .81
Anxiety (AX) 15818 27.1 22.9 – 33.1 9.04 20.0 25.7 34.3 14.3 .85 .82 15659 .79 – .82
Decision Making (DM) 15818 37.3 35.4 – 38.6 5.70 33.3 37.8 40.0 6.7 .78 .78 15622 .75 – .80
Expectancy (EX) 15818 41.4 38.6 – 42.9 7.70 37.5 42.5 47.5 10.0 .78 .78 15732 .69 – .80
Social Functioning Scales
Hostility (HS) 15743 24.1 21.8 – 28.8 8.00 18.8 22.5 28.8 10.0 .84 .83 15575 .81 – .85
Risk Taking (RT) 15743 31.1 29.3 – 33.4 7.70 25.7 31.4 37.1 11.4 .80 .80 15597 .74 – .82
Social Support (SS) 15744 42.0 40.1 – 43.7 5.79 38.9 42.2 46.7 7.8 .83 .82 15635 .78 – .85
Social Desirability (SD) 15744 31.2 28.4 – 33.2 5.86 27.3 30.9 34.5 7.3 .75 .73 15609 .67 – .77
SD (dichotomies) 15744 5.3 4.2 – 6.1 2.54 3.0 5.0 7.0 4.0 .68 .66 15615 .65 – .73
Engagement Scales
Treatment Participation (TP) 10631 42.0 40.4 – 44.0 5.21 40.0 41.7 45.8 5.8 .90 .90 10464 .86 – .92
Treatment Satisfaction (TS) 10631 36.0 32.7 – 37.9 7.30 31.4 37.1 40.0 8.6 .81 .81 10518 .75 – .84
Counselor Rapport (CR) 10631 40.0 38.4 – 41.5 6.66 37.5 40.0 44.2 6.7 .94 .94 10475 .93 – .95
Peer Support (PS) 10631 37.3 33.8 – 39.8 7.33 34.0 38.0 40.0 6.0 .82 .81 10536 .77 – .84
a

Coefficient alpha reliabilities are calculated based on total covariance matrix (Total) and within (Within) covariance matrix