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Drug Assertion Questionnaire

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Dimension: Risk factors start consumption

Area

Personal, Peer Group

Specificity

Unspecified: Legal and illegal drugs

Year

2002

Author

Espada, Méndez, & Hidalgo

Identification and Classification

Instrument
Drug Assertion Questionnaire
Acronym
CAD
Area
Personal, Peer Group
Dimension
Risk factors start consumption
Specificity
Unspecified: Legal and illegal drugs
Objective
To evaluate the attitudinal tendency of adolescents towards drug use, specifically with respect to the abuse of alcohol and synthetic drugs
Factors it measures

Assertiveness

Year
2002
Author
Espada, Méndez, & Hidalgo
Author Contact Data

Espada, José Pedro.

Dpto. Psicología de la Salud

Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03202, Elche (España)

E-mail:  jpespada@umh.es

Availability
Commercial use
Link
Espada, J. P., Méndez, F. X., & Hidalgo, M. D. (2002). Cuestionario de Aserción ante las Drogas. En J. P. Espada y F. X. Méndez, Programa SALUDA para la prevención del consumo de alcohol y drogas de síntesis. Madrid: Pirámide.

Description

Abstract

CAD consists of ten assumptions related to assertive behaviors associated with the supply and use of alcohol and synthetic drugs. In a scale of five points the subjects must answer according to the probability with which they would perform the behaviors that are described

Psychometric characteristics

The internal consistency coefficient, Cronbach's alpha, was .86.
The analysis of the dimensionality of the test revealed the existence of a single factor that explained 46.33% of the variance

No. of items
The questionnaire consists of 10 items that are answered on a Likert-type scale with five response options
Duration
5 min
Way of administration
  • Individual and collective
  • Paper
Way of qualification

The correction is made by adding the scores in order to obtain a measure of predisposition towards abstinence from use against the influence of social pressure

Application context
Clinic / School
Population
Adolescents
References

Espada, J. P., Méndez, F. X., & Hidalgo, M. D. (2002). Cuestionario de Aserción ante las Drogas. En J. P. Espada y F. X. Méndez, Programa SALUDA para la prevención del consumo de alcohol y drogas de síntesis. Madrid: Pirámide.