Promoting recovery in mental health services is hampered by a shortage of reliable and valid measures, particularly in Hong Kong. We seek to cross validate two Chinese language measures of recovery and one of recovery-promoting environments.

A cross-sectional survey of people recovering from early episode psychosis (n = 121) and family members (n = 49) was taken. Two recovery measures, the Mental Health Recovery Measure and the recovery subscale of the Peer Outcomes Protocol, and one measure of recovery-promoting environments, the Recovery Self-Assessment, were used. The Psychosis Recovery Inventory was incorporated to assess construct validity.

Internal consistency reliability for each measure was high (r = .71–.94); one-factor solutions were parsimonious. People in recovery rated their risk for relapse lower than did their family members.

Moderately strong positive correlations among recovery measures lend support to construct validity. Several "recovery-promoting environment" items should be reassessed for cultural fit in Hong Kong.