Care, social relations, recreational activities and vocational skills they considered important for their independent living in the community
Then they developed statements describing activities in those areas, as well as four Likert-type response categories
The most difficult task for the group was concentrating on the tasks at hand and keeping their weekly meetings from turning into ‘support groups’
The author remained keenly aware that each week each member had encountered many diffculties attributable to their illnesses and that they were eager to share them in the group
As a compromise, she set aside 15 min for the mutual support purpose before proceeding to develop the measurement