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Assessing Drug Consumption Behavior With the Heidelberger Drogenbogen (Heidelberg Drug Scales): Reliabilities, Validities, and Cut-Off Criteria.
- Source :
- Substance Use & Misuse; Nov2015, Vol. 50 Issue 13, p1638-1649, 12p, 6 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Background: The Heidelberger Drogenbogen (HDB) is a German language assessment of substance-specific knowledge and consumption patterns of the illicit psychoactive substances cannabis, MDMA (ecstasy), amphetamines, cocaine, and hallucinogens. The behavior modules for each of these five drugs/drug groups allow for a diagnostic evaluation of the extent of harmful consumption behavior. Each of the five modules represents a single standardized test. Objectives: This paper outlines several statistical parameters, Cronbach's alpha, retest reliabilities, as well as numerous validity and cut-off-criteria of the behavioral modules. Methods: Participants (N = 4,794) were recruited at schools, universities, in subcultural contexts, and in institutions of substance abuse treatment. Results: Internal consistencies range from =.68 to.79 while test–retest reliabilities between.87 and.94 were found. The behavior modules of the HDB can discriminate between populations with and without clinical levels of substance use. Furthermore, this measure has incremental validity and higher diagnostic accuracy over competing measures. Conclusions: The behavior modules of the HDB are reliable and valid measures of substance use and misuse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RESEARCH
CANNABIS (Genus)
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
DISCRIMINANT analysis
DRUGS of abuse
EXPERIMENTAL design
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
SELF medication
SUBSTANCE abuse
MULTIPLE regression analysis
STATISTICAL reliability
RECEIVER operating characteristic curves
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10826084
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 13
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Substance Use & Misuse
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 111312819
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2015.1027926