title: A multivariate evaluation of the MAST.
abstract: Five factors underlying the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test reflect specific problem areas, while total scores classify patients along a continuum according to degree of alcohol misuse. For most purposes, a simpler unit weighting method of scoring may be used in place of differential weights.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention / Q000187:drug effects; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012928:Social Desirability