| Titre : | Can one simple questionnaire assess substance-related and behavioural addiction problems? Results of a proposed new screener for community epidemiology (2018) |
| Auteurs : | M. G. SCHLUTER ; D. C. HODGINS ; J. WOLFE ; T. C. WILD |
| Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
| Dans : | Addiction (Vol.113, n°8, August 2018) |
| Article en page(s) : | 1528-1537 |
| Note générale : | Commentary: Revisiting the core elements of addiction using a lay epidemiology approach. Gonzalez-Saiz F., p. 1538. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
| Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus TOXIBASE EPIDEMIOLOGIE ; METHODE ; QUESTIONNAIRE ; DEPISTAGE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE ; ADDICTIONThésaurus Géographique CANADA |
| Résumé : |
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: There is currently no well-validated measure that assesses a broad spectrum of substance-related and behavioural addictions in general populations. This study aimed to develop a brief self-attribution Screener for Substance and Behavioural Addictions (SSBA) to screen for four substances and six behaviours, and to compare its performance with established individual-behaviour screening instruments.
DESIGN: A small, psychometrically optimal set of items to assess self-attributed indicators of addiction across alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, gambling, shopping, videogaming, overeating, sexual activity and overworking were identified from a broader pool that was developed using a lay epidemiology qualitative approach. The suitability of the four-item single-factor solution was tested for each behaviour and scores were compared with those obtained from the sample using individual-behaviour screening instruments. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Participants (n = 6000), broadly representative of the Canadian English-speaking adult population, were recruited through the Ipsos Reid Canadian Online Panel. MEASUREMENTS: Participants completed an item pool of 15 indicators of addiction for each target behaviour and a validation instrument for one randomly assigned behaviour. FINDINGS: A set of four items identified using principal component and confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated good fit and excellent internal consistency (alpha = 0.87-0.95) across behaviours, and good convergent validity (rs = 0.44-0.8) with extant instruments measuring similar constructs, with only one exception (r = 0.26). CONCLUSIONS: The proposed Screener for Substance and Behavioural Addiction is a reliable and valid measure assessing the lay public's self-attributed indicators of addiction across 10 substances and behaviours. |
| Domaine : | Plusieurs produits / Several products |
| Refs biblio. : | 49 |
| Affiliation : | Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Cote : | Abonnement |
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