title: Development of the OCDS--revised: a measure of alcohol and drug urges with outpatient substance abuse clients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers--State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8001, USA. tjmorgan@rci.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morgenstern
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Blanchard
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Labouvie
authors.forename: Donald A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bux
mesh_terms: 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