title: The cast-6: development of a short-form of the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary, Canada.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hodgins
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maticka-Tyndale
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: el-Guebaly
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: 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