The cast-6: development of a short-form of the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test.
The 30-item Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST) is shortened to a 6-item scale (CAST-6) using Principal Components Analysis of CAST responses for three distinct samples: outpatient substance abusers, outpatient psychiatric patients, and medical students. The face validity, internal consistency, and discriminatory ability of the CAST-6 are examined. The CAST-6 is judged to compare favorably with the full CAST and to provide a more efficient way to identify adult children of alcoholics.
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University of Calgary, Canada.
Maticka-Tyndale
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012917:Social Adjustment