The Personality Assessment Inventory Drug Problems Scale: A Validity Analysis

An analysis of the relationship among the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991, 1996) Drug Problems (DRG) scale scores, the Addiction Severity Index (ASI; McLellan et al., 1992) scores, and urine toxicology reports revealed that the PAI Drug Problem scale scores of 100 substance-using...

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Published in:Journal of personality assessment 2002-08, Vol.79 (1), p.73-84
Main Authors: Kellogg, Scott H., Ho, Ann, Bell, Kathy, Schluger, Rosemary P., McHugh, Pauline F., McClary, Kelly A., Kreek, Mary Jeanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Methadone - therapeutic use
New York City
Opioid-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Opioid-Related Disorders - drug therapy
Personality Inventory
Personality tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index
Statistics, Nonparametric
Substance abusers
Substance-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Techniques and methods
Validity studies
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Summary:An analysis of the relationship among the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991, 1996) Drug Problems (DRG) scale scores, the Addiction Severity Index (ASI; McLellan et al., 1992) scores, and urine toxicology reports revealed that the PAI Drug Problem scale scores of 100 substance-using and substance-abusing men and women were distributed in a manner that was in agreement with the guidelines suggested by Morey (1991, 1996) in the PAI manual. There were significant correlations among the PAI DRG scale and the ASI scales related to frequency of use, negative consequences of use, and need and desire for treatment. Overall, higher scores did reflect both more serious involvements with drug use and more serious problems as a consequence of their involvement.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1207/S15327752JPA7901_05