The Revised Spontaneity Assessment Inventory (SAI-R): Spontaneity, Well-Being, and Stress
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The authors studied the construct validity and reliability of a revised version of the Spontaneity Assessment Inventory, the SAI-R. Compared with the original version of the inventory (D. A. Kipper & J. Hundal, 2005) the revised version is slightly shorter, containing only 18 items, and is arranged on a 5-point Likert scale rather than a 6-point scale as in the SAL The authors administered the SAI-R,
the Friedman Well Being Scale (FWBS; P. H. Friedman, 1994), and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS; S. Cohen, T. Kamarck, & R. Mermelstein, 1983) to 105 adults. The results showed a statistically significant positive correlation between the SAI-R and the FWBS. Also, the SAI-R correlated negative with the measure of stress (FSS) and, as expected, the FSS correlated negatively with the FWBS. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was . 79.
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