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Drug Use Screening Inventory
Dimension: Risk factors start consumption
Area
Personal, Family, Peer Group, School, Social Environment
Specificity
Unspecified: Legal and illegal drugs
Year
1991
Author
Tarter, & Hegedus
Identification and Classification
- Instrument
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Drug Use Screening Inventory
- Acronym
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DUSI
- Area
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Personal, Family, Peer Group, School, Social Environment
- Dimension
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Risk factors start consumption
- Specificity
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Unspecified: Legal and illegal drugs
- Objective
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Assess consequences derived from the use of substances and problems derived from mental health and other psychosocial domains
- Factors it measures
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- Use of substances
- Behavioral problems
- Health condition
- Affective disorder / symptomatology
- Social competence
- Family setting
- School performance
- Labor performance
- Relationship with equals
- Leisure / recreational activities
- Year
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1991
- Author
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Tarter, & Hegedus
- Author Contact Data
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Tarter, Ralph E
University of Pittsburgh
Oficina: 805B Salk Hall
Tel: 412-383-6056
E-mail: tarter@pitt.edu
- Availability
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Free
- Link
Versions
Year
2000
Validation Country
Brazil
Author
De Micheli, & Formigoni
Author Contact Data
Souza Formigoni, Mª Lucia
Department of Psychobiology, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Botucatu 862, 1º andar, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
E-mail: mlformig@psicobio.epm.br
References
De Micheli, D., & Formigoni, M. (2000). Screening of drug use in a teenage brazilian sample using the Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI). Addictive Behaviors, 25, 683-691.
Year
2006
Validation Country
Mexico
Author
Díaz, González, & García
Author Contact Data
Díaz, David Bruno
Subdirección de Investigación de Centros de Integración Juvenil
Teléfono: (55) 5999 4949, Extensión: 7759
E-mail: investigacion@cij.gob.mx
References
Díaz, D. B., González, J. D., & García, V. R. (2006). Adaptación del Drug Use Screening Inventory para su aplicación con adolescentes mexicanos. Adicciones, 18, 197-210.
Description
- Abstract
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DUSI allows evaluating the level of severity of the psychological alterations generated by use and assessing their need for therapeutic intervention. For this, a total of ten areas are evaluated (use of substances, behavioral problems, health status, affective disorder / symptomatology, social competence, family adjustment, school and work performance, relationship with peers and leisure / recreational activities) out of a total of 159 items with a dichotomous response
- Psychometric characteristics
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Considering the reliability indices reported by the original study, the questionnaire has been replicated in different samples, observing satisfactory internal homogeneity and consistency indexes. Likewise, it has been especially sensitive in the detection of differences between consumers and alteration of areas associated with use, as well as, discriminates adequately between the normative population and the one that uses drugs
- No. of items
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It consists of 159 items that are answered on a dichotomous response scale (yes / no)
- Duration
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30 min
- Way of administration
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- Individual and collective
- Paper
- Way of qualification
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Severity rates greater than 1.5 indicate a clinically significant score that requires an additional assessment of the case to determine if therapeutic intervention is necessary.
- Application context
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Clinic / School
- Population
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Adolescents
- References
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Tarter, R. E., & Hegedus, A. M. (1991). The Drug Use Screening Inventory: Its applications in the evaluation and treatment of alcohol and other drug abuse. Alcohol Health & Research World, 15, 65-75.