Score Reliability of Adolescent Alcohol Screening Measures: A Meta-Analytic Inquiry

Autor/inn/en	Shields, Alan L.; Campfield, Delia C.; Miller, Christopher S.; Howell, Ryan T.; Wallace, Kimberly; Weiss, Roger D.
Titel	Score Reliability of Adolescent Alcohol Screening Measures: A Meta-Analytic Inquiry
Quelle	In: Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 17 (2008) 4, S.75-97 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-828X
Schlagwörter	Reliability; Measures (Individuals); Meta Analysis; Scores; Screening Tests; Adolescents; Questionnaires; Drinking; Effect Size; Psychometrics; Generalization; Predictor Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reliabilität; Messdaten; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Screening-Verfahren; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Fragebogen; Trinken; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Prädiktor
Abstract	This study describes the reliability reporting practices in empirical studies using eight adolescent alcohol screening tools and characterizes and explores variability in internal consistency estimates across samples. Of 119 observed administrations of these instruments, 40 (34%) reported usable reliability information. The Personal Experience Screening Questionnaire-Problem Severity scale generated average reliability estimates exceeding 0.90 (95% CI = 0.90-0.96) and the Adolescent Alcohol Involvement Scale generated average score reliability estimates below 0.80 (95% CI = 0.67-0.85). Average reliability estimates of the remaining instruments were distributed between these extremes. Sample characteristics were identified as potentially important predictors of variability in the reliability estimates of all the instruments and all instruments under evaluation generated more reliable scores in clinical settings (M = 0.89) as opposed to nonclinical settings (M = 0.82; r effect size (38) = 0.29, p less than 0.10). Clinicians facing instrument selection decisions can use these data to guide their choices and researchers evaluating the performance of these instruments can use these data to inform their future studies. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10