title: The Swedish Alcohol Use Inventory (AVI), a self-report inventory for differentiated diagnosis in alcoholism.
abstract: AVI is a self-report inventory intended for standardized and differentiated assessment and diagnosis in alcoholism; it includes 75 items adapted from Horn and Wanberg's Alcohol Use Inventory (AUI) and an assessment of the alcohol intake during a typical week of heavy drinking. The drinking profile is presented in five second-order factor scales: 'alcohol abuse', 'psychological benefits', 'interpersonal complications', 'social drinking' and 'daily drinking' and in 17 first-order factor scales. The reliability and specificity of the scales are satisfactory. Preliminary norms based on a sample of more than 600 alcoholic patients are available. Using the original American scoring and norms the results indicate important similarities in the alcoholism pattern between Sweden and the U.S.A.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berglund
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bergman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Swenelius
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D012650:Self Disclosure; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden