Development of the OCDS--revised: a measure of alcohol and drug urges with outpatient substance abuse clients.
Urges to use substances is an important construct in understanding the maintenance of substance use as well as relapse. There is a need to evaluate single instruments measuring global urges to use substances (including alcohol). The Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale (OCDS; R. F. Anton, D. H. Moak, & P. Latham, 1995) was revised and tested as a single measure of urges to use substances. Participants were 252 adults entering outpatient substance abuse treatment. Results suggest that the revised scale (OCDS-R) primarily assesses 1 global factor for urges to use substances. In addition, strong support was found for the reliability and concurrent validity of the OCDS-R, although results for its predictive validity were mixed. The OCDS-R is a brief, psychometrically sound self-report instrument that has applicability within clinical and research settings.
Morgan
Thomas J
TJ
Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers--State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8001, USA. tjmorgan@rci.rutgers.edu
Morgenstern
Jon
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Blanchard
Kimberly A
KA
Labouvie
Erich
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Bux
Donald A
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D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D016739:Behavior, Addictive; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010045:Outpatients; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012008:Recurrence; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology