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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: Adm Policy Ment Health. 2009 Aug 29;37(4):327–333. doi: 10.1007/s10488-009-0239-6

Table 2.

Concurrent Validity of the PAM-MH.

Pearson’s r
Congruent Concepts
Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS)
  RAS Overall Score .63***
  Willingness to Ask for Help .55***
  Personal Confidence and Hope .52***
  Goal and Success Oriented .51***
  Not Dominated by Symptoms .43***
  Reliance on Others .38***
Related Concepts
Modular Survey Quality of Care Items
  I am given enough information to effectively handle my condition .46**
  My clinicians explain things in a way I understand .45**
  I help to develop my service/treatment goals .42**
  I am given information about my rights as a consumer .36**
  I am given information about available services .34**
  My clinicians are sensitive to culture background .32**
  My clinicians spend enough time with me .28**
  I am treated with respect .26**
Mental Health Self-care
  Manage mental health symptoms by eating right .27**
  Manage mental health symptoms by listening to music .23**
  Manage mental health symptoms by getting right amount of sleep .22**
  Manage mental health symptoms with meditation .21**
  Manage mental health symptoms with self-injury −.18*
Psychiatric Medications
  How satisfied with taking psychiatric medications? .33**
  How well psychiatric medications help control symptoms? .32**
  Frequency of taking psychiatric medications as prescribed? .24**
Physical & Mental Health
  SF-12 Vitality .37**
  SF-12 Mental Health .34**
  Colorado Symptoms Inventory −.34**
  SF-12 Physical Functioning .30**
  SF-12 Role Emotional .27**
  SF-12 General Health .26**
  SF-12 Role Physical .26**
  SF-12 Social Functioning .23**
  SF-12 Bodily Pain .21**
Quality of Life
  W-QLI General Life Satisfaction .30**
*

p ≤ 0.05,

**

p ≤ 0.01,

***

p ≤ .001