1. A brief young adult alcohol problems screening test: Short form development using combinatorics.
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Bowns, Rachel, Loeffelman, Jordan E., Steinley, Douglas, and Sher, Kenneth J.
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DIAGNOSIS of alcoholism ,ALCOHOLISM risk factors ,STATISTICAL correlation ,RESEARCH funding ,CRONBACH'S alpha ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,RESEARCH evaluation ,CLASSIFICATION of mental disorders ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,RESEARCH methodology ,RESEARCH ,COLLEGE students ,PATIENT aftercare - Abstract
Objective: To develop a shortened form of the Young Adult Alcohol Problems Screening Test
1 (YAAPST; original length = 27 items) using a novel combinatorial approach. Participants: 489 college freshmen, half of whom were above average risk for alcohol use disorder based upon family history, attending a large, Midwestern University followed prospectively for 16–17 years across 7 measurement occasions (waves). Methods: Using an exhaustive combinatorial approach, we evaluated all possible combinations of questions and questionnaire length. Each candidate short-form was evaluated using part-whole correlations, alpha coefficients, and polyserial correlations with DSM-III criteria. Results: The 12-item scale, the Brief-YAAPST, was chosen as the best candidate short-form as this scale had the fewest items while maintaining strong reliability and validity. Conclusions: Complete enumeration optimization effectively produced a 12-item short form with minimal loss of reliability and validity making the Brief-YAAPST a desirable assessment alternative when there are concerns about participant or client burden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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