PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE GRADE-4 READING LEVEL MULTIPLE AFFECT ADJECTIVE CHECK LIST REVISED WITH OFFENDERS

The reliability and validity of the Grade 4 reading level Multiple Aff ect Adjective Check List was assessed with offenders in four settings within the criminal justice system. With the exception of the Sensatio n Seeking Scale, the MAACL-R4 scales showed good internal consistency and test-retest reliability and adequate convergent and discriminant v alidity, but not for the Depression scale for 53 female arrestees and the Hostility scale with 51 male arrestees. Correlations with self-rat ings of health and stress and with the Family Environment scales were in expected directions. It is concluded that the MAACL-R4 has the basi c qualities necessary for use in research with offenders.