The psychometric properties of a shortened Dutch version of the consequences scale used in the Core Alcohol and Drug Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol and drug misuse among college students has been studied extensively and has been clearly identified as a public health problem. Within more general populations alcohol misuse remains one of the leading causes of disease, disability and death worldwide. Conducting research on alcohol misuse requires valid and reliable instruments to measure its consequences. One scale that is often used is the consequences scale in the Core Alcohol and Drug Survey (CADS). However, psychometric studies on the CADS are rare and the ones that do exist report varying results. This article aims to address this imbalance by examining the psychometric properties of a Dutch version of the CADS in a large sample of Flemish university and college students.

Methods

The analyses are ba

SUBMITTER: De Bruyn S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5720707 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature