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Assessment of Service to Others in Sobriety (SOS)

Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research (impact factor: 3.34). 01/2009; 33(Supplement s1):194A. pp.194A

ABSTRACT Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) participation often is of interest in alcoholism treatment research, but few measures assessing components of this multi-dimensional construct have been developed with known psychometric properties. This study provides psychometric findings for the Service to Others in Sobriety (SOS) scale, a brief self-report inventory that measures levels of AA-related help to others in recovery. Findings demonstrated that the SOS is a valid and reliable measurement of AA-related service activities pertinent to the daily lives of recovering alcoholics.

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