Prediction of DISC substance abuse and dependency for ethnically diverse adolescents.

Autor: Nishimura ST; Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu 96813, USA. nishimuras@dop.hawaii.edu, Hishinuma ES, Miyamoto RH, Goebert DA, Johnson RC, Yuen NY, Andrade NN
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of substance abuse [J Subst Abuse] 2001; Vol. 13 (4), pp. 597-607.
DOI: 10.1016/s0899-3289(01)00088-8
Abstrakt: Purpose: This study examines the validity of selected items from the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-Adolescent (SASSI-A) version in predicting Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC version 2.3) Substance abuse and dependency (SA/D) for Native Hawaiian (i.e., indigenous people of the Hawaiian Islands) and non-Hawaiian adolescents (youth without any Native Hawaiian indigenous ancestry).
Methods: 542 students were randomly selected from the larger sample to participate in the DISC administration. Demographic information, SASSI-A scores, and DISC diagnoses were obtained for each student. Univariate and multiple logistic regressions were performed in the prediction of DISC SA/D.
Results: SASSI-A Factor 1, consisting of three items measuring substance use, was found to have the best utility, accounting for 18.1% of the variance, in predicting DISC SA/D.
Implications: These results support selected SASSI-A items in screening for SA/D for Native Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian adolescents in Hawaii as compared to other community-based screening instruments for other populations.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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