The objective of this research was to examine the reliability and effectiveness of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) for use with South African offenders. A total of 986 male offenders, with a mean age of 30.6 years (SD = 9.83) and who were incarcerated in different correctional centers in South Africa, participated in the study. Approximately 75% of the participants were convicted of violent crimes. The Cronbach’s α reliability coefficient for the total SAQ was .92 and subscale coefficients varied between .32, which are consistent with previous international results. Most of the inter-subscale correlations are statistically significant and of moderate strength (r = .4–.7) or small relationships (r = .2–.4). With a single exception, all the items-subscale correlations were above .30 and consistent with the results of prior research conducted in Australia, Canada, England, Singapore, and the United States of America.

这项研究的目的是要检查用于南非罪犯的自我评估问卷（SAQ）的可靠性和有效性。共有986名平均年龄30.6岁（标准差= 9.83）并且被监禁在南非不同教养中心的男性罪犯参加了这项研究。大约75％的参与者因暴力犯罪而被定罪。总SAQ的Cronbach'sα可靠性系数为0.92，子尺度系数在0.32之间变化，与先前的国际结果一致。大多数次尺度间的相关性在统计上是显着的，并且具有中等强度（r = .4–.7）或较小的关系（r= .2–.4）。除了一个例外，所有项目与子量表的相关性均在.30以上，并且与澳大利亚，加拿大，英国，新加坡和美利坚合众国之前进行的研究结果一致。