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Adolescent substance-use assessment: methodological issues in the use of the ADAD - Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis
(Evaluer l'usage de substances psychoactives chez des adolescents : questions méthodologiques concernant l'usage du ADAD (Diagnostic de l'Abus des Drogues chez les Adolescents)
Auteur(s) :
CHINET, L. ;
PLANCHEREL, B. ;
BOLOGNINI, M. ;
HOLZER L. ;
HALFON, O.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
405-425
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
33
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus mots-clés
ABUS
;
ADOLESCENT
;
EVALUATION
;
DIAGNOSTIC
;
METHODE
;
INTERVIEW
;
ETUDE LONGITUDINALE
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2005, 40, (3), 405-425
Note de contenu :
graph. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
During the past twenty years, various instruments have been developed for the assessment of substance use in adolescents, mainly in the United States. However, few of them have been adapted to, and validated in, French-speaking populations. Consequently, although increasing alcohol and drug use among teenagers has become a major concern, the various health and social programs developed in response to this specific problem have received little attention with regard to follow-up and outcome assessment. A standardized multidimensional assessment instrument adapted for adolescents is needed to assess the individual needs of adolescents and assign them to the most appropriate treatment setting, to provide a single measurement within and across health and social systems, and to conduct treatment outcome evaluations. Moreover, having an available instrument makes it possible to develop longitudinal and trans-cultural research studies. For this reason, a French version of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) was developed and validated at the University Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic in Lausanne, Switzerland. This paper aims to discuss the methodological issues that we faced when using the ADAD instrument in a 4-year longitudinal study including adolescent substance users. Methodological aspects relating to the content and format of the instrument, the assessment administration and the statistical analyses are discussed. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
SUPEA, Research Unit, Bugnon 25 A, CH-1005 Lausanne. E-mail : leonie.chinet@inst.hospvd.ch
Suisse. Switzerland.
Suisse. Switzerland.