Table 1.
Individual SAI item loading and internal consistencies across time points
| Item | Factor 1 |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 6 months | 12 months | |
| 1. My sponsor and I agree about the things I will need to do in AA/NA to help improve my situation. | 0.859 | 0.892 | 0.784 |
| 2. What I am doing in AA/NA gives me new ways of looking at my problem. | 0.720 | 0.718 | 0.804 |
| 3. I believe my sponsor likes me. | 0.831 | 0.862 | 0.692 |
| 4. I am confident in my sponsor's ability to help me. | 0.921 | 0.891 | 0.877 |
| 5. My sponsor and I are working towards mutually agreed upon goals. | 0.899 | 0.811 | 0.879 |
| 6. I feel that my sponsor appreciates me. | 0.910 | 0.854 | 0.880 |
| 7. We agree on what is important for me to work on. | 0.910 | 0.877 | 0.920 |
| 8. My sponsor and I trust one another. | 0.886 | 0.892 | 0.889 |
| 9. We have established a good understanding of the kind of changes that would be good for me. | 0.903 | 0.818 | 0.762 |
| 10. I believe the way we are working with my problem is correct. | 0.850 | 0.843 | 0.865 |
| Total variance Explained by Factor | 75.80% | 71.81% | 70.20% |
| Cronbach's α (10 items) | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.95 |
Factor 1: Items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12.