The Psychometric Properties of the Drug Abuse Screening Test
| Autor: | Peymaneh Shirinbayan, Mahyar Salavati, Farin Soleimani, Ahmad Saeedi, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, Sahel Hemmati-Garakani, Roshanak Vameghi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Addiction and Health, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 25-33 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2008-4633 2008-8469 |
| DOI: | 10.22122/ahj.v12i1.256 |
| Popis: | Background: Substance abuse is a critical problem in most countries, especially in developing ones. Earlydetection is the pre-requisite of early control, for which reliable and valid tools are required. In the presentstudy, we aimed at measuring the psychometric properties of the 10-item Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)in Iranian individuals.Methods: After translation and back-translation of the questionnaire, 244 adults were recruited from TehranMegacity, Iran, and completed the questionnaires. Participants were recruited by a multistage randomizedcluster sampling method. Reliability was determined by Cronbach’s alpha. Also, construct validity wasevaluated using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA).Findings: The internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the total score of the Persianversion of DAST-10 was 0.93. EFA evoked only one factor for DAST-10. The CFA for 1-factor models forDAST-10 indicated an acceptable fit for the proposed models.Conclusion: The results prove desirable reliability and validity of the Persian version of the DAST which canbe utilized as a screening instrument for drug abuse among Iranian adults. |
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