The effectiveness of psychometric measures in screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse

Urinalysis was used in previous studies among higher institution students (n=16252) in Malaysia to answer the question of whether university students are involved in drug abuse. However, the use of urinalysis had faced some problems. The problems were related to human rights issues and the cost to p...

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Main Authors:	Othman, Mohamad Hashim, Isa, Abdul Majid, Hussin, Kamarudin, Abdull, Abdul Halim, Hussin, Huzili, Nazar, Mahmood, Kamarudin, Abdul Rani, Karim, Norazmah, Ku Aziz, Ku Azira
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Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/40552/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40552/1/IMT-gt2PMHashim%26rani.pdf

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spelling	iium-405522018-06-11T04:56:32Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40552/ The effectiveness of psychometric measures in screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse Othman, Mohamad Hashim Isa, Abdul Majid Hussin, Kamarudin Abdull, Abdul Halim Hussin, Huzili Nazar, Mahmood Kamarudin, Abdul Rani Karim, Norazmah Ku Aziz, Ku Azira H Social Sciences (General) Urinalysis was used in previous studies among higher institution students (n=16252) in Malaysia to answer the question of whether university students are involved in drug abuse. However, the use of urinalysis had faced some problems. The problems were related to human rights issues and the cost to perform the urinalysis was expensive and quite impossible to be implemented to a large population of university students. To overcome this problem, this study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of psychometric measures in screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse. The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory A2 (SASSI-A2) was used for this purpose. SASSI-A2 is a brief screening tool designed to identify individuals who have a high probability of having a substance use disorder, including both substance abuse and substance dependence. SASSI-A2 comprises of 72 items that are rated on a two point scale with response; true and false. SASSI-A2 was translated into Malay language and it was refined through a back-translation technique and focus group approach. Psychometric testing was undertaken on a sample of 750 university students from five public universities in Malaysia. All participants were aged between 19 and 20 years. Internal consistency coefficients were calculated for the total scale and its subscales. Chronbach's alpha obtained for SASSI-A2 was 0.72. This relatively high level of Chronbach's alpha showed relatively high level of reliability. The results demonstrated that the whole SASSI-A2 meets the fundamental measurement properties and can discriminate groups of higher institution students from high to low on the substance dependency variable. The accuracy of the test has been found to be unaffected by gender, ethnicity, age and years of education. Although more rigorous validation studies are needed, it is recommended that SASSI-A2 be considered for usage to higher institution students populations when a brief, objective, and accurate screening tool for chemical dependency is needed. 2014-10-20 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40552/1/IMT-gt2PMHashim%26rani.pdf Othman, Mohamad Hashim and Isa, Abdul Majid and Hussin, Kamarudin and Abdull, Abdul Halim and Hussin, Huzili and Nazar, Mahmood and Kamarudin, Abdul Rani and Karim, Norazmah and Ku Aziz, Ku Azira (2014) The effectiveness of psychometric measures in screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse. In: 2nd IMT-GT Regional Convention on Drug, Substance & Alcohol Abuse among Tertiary Institutions 2014, 20th-22nd September 2014, TH hotel and Convention Centre, Alor Setar, Kedah. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) Othman, Mohamad Hashim Isa, Abdul Majid Hussin, Kamarudin Abdull, Abdul Halim Hussin, Huzili Nazar, Mahmood Kamarudin, Abdul Rani Karim, Norazmah Ku Aziz, Ku Azira The effectiveness of psychometric measures in screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse
description	Urinalysis was used in previous studies among higher institution students (n=16252) in Malaysia to answer the question of whether university students are involved in drug abuse. However, the use of urinalysis had faced some problems. The problems were related to human rights issues and the cost to perform the urinalysis was expensive and quite impossible to be implemented to a large population of university students. To overcome this problem, this study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of psychometric measures in screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse. The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory A2 (SASSI-A2) was used for this purpose. SASSI-A2 is a brief screening tool designed to identify individuals who have a high probability of having a substance use disorder, including both substance abuse and substance dependence. SASSI-A2 comprises of 72 items that are rated on a two point scale with response; true and false. SASSI-A2 was translated into Malay language and it was refined through a back-translation technique and focus group approach. Psychometric testing was undertaken on a sample of 750 university students from five public universities in Malaysia. All participants were aged between 19 and 20 years. Internal consistency coefficients were calculated for the total scale and its subscales. Chronbach's alpha obtained for SASSI-A2 was 0.72. This relatively high level of Chronbach's alpha showed relatively high level of reliability. The results demonstrated that the whole SASSI-A2 meets the fundamental measurement properties and can discriminate groups of higher institution students from high to low on the substance dependency variable. The accuracy of the test has been found to be unaffected by gender, ethnicity, age and years of education. Although more rigorous validation studies are needed, it is recommended that SASSI-A2 be considered for usage to higher institution students populations when a brief, objective, and accurate screening tool for chemical dependency is needed.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Othman, Mohamad Hashim Isa, Abdul Majid Hussin, Kamarudin Abdull, Abdul Halim Hussin, Huzili Nazar, Mahmood Kamarudin, Abdul Rani Karim, Norazmah Ku Aziz, Ku Azira
author_facet	Othman, Mohamad Hashim Isa, Abdul Majid Hussin, Kamarudin Abdull, Abdul Halim Hussin, Huzili Nazar, Mahmood Kamarudin, Abdul Rani Karim, Norazmah Ku Aziz, Ku Azira
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title	The effectiveness of psychometric measures in screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse
title_short	The effectiveness of psychometric measures in screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse
title_full	The effectiveness of psychometric measures in screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse
title_fullStr	The effectiveness of psychometric measures in screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse
title_full_unstemmed	The effectiveness of psychometric measures in screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse
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