title: An adolescent version of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test.
abstract: Item content of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was modified to make it more appropriate for young persons. The resulting test was found to have lower internal consistency than the adult MAST, but the elimination of five items with comparatively poor psychometric properties yielded an acceptable alpha coefficient of .73. A unitary factor model for the adolescent MAST was not confirmed; indeed, the revised test appeared to be factorially complex. Recommendations for further revisions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Boise State University, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snow
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thurber
authors.forename: Joele M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hodgson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008824:Michigan; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires