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15050681

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
A variety of screening instruments for adolescent alcohol and drug abuse have been designed to be used within a clinical setting. This study adapted one of these instruments, the Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI), to be used within behavioral genetic or other epidemiological research on nonclinical samples. A primary goal of this study was to obtain a factor structure and set of subscales that might predict experimental and regular use of alcohol and drugs in a community sample. A secondary goal was to define subscales in a way that facilitated our interpretation and understanding of pathways to substance use and abuse. We investigated the underlying factor structure of items from four of the DUSI domains using a principal components analysis of the responses from 1266 adolescents from the Colorado Adolescent Twin Study. The resulting set of six subscales shows adequate internal consistency and provides an easily interpretable research tool for investigating etiological relationships between substance use problems and other risk behaviors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0306-4603
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
627-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Factor structure and concurrent validity of the Drug Use Screening Inventory in a community adolescent sample.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. siewertb@colorado.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Twin Study, Validation Studies