The Readiness to Reconcile Inventory Assessing Attitudes Toward Reconciliation in Victims of War and Conflict

Stammel N, Bockers E, Neuner F, Chhim S, Taing S, Knaevelsrud C. The Readiness to Reconcile Inventory Assessing Attitudes Toward Reconciliation in Victims of War and Conflict. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. 2017;33(6):436-444.Although awareness of the importance of reconciliation in post-conflict societies has grown in recent decades, validated measures assessing victims' attitudes toward reconciliation are lacking. To fill this gap, the Readiness to Reconcile Inventory (RRI) was developed and its factor structure and aspects of construct validity were psychometrically tested in two independent samples of survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Exploratory factor analysis in a sample of N = 247 survivors identified a 13-item, three-factor internal structure of the RRI that was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis in an independent sample of N = 830 survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime. All RRI subscales showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's as from .80 to .83). Multiple-group analysis established configural, metric, and scalar invariance across sex. The RRI thus demonstrated good reliability and fulfilled some aspects of construct validity. It is a time-effective and easy-to-administer instrument for assessing readiness to reconcile in victims of war and conflict