Validation of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) for internet and automated telephone self-report administration (original) (raw)

Predicting ASI Interviewer Severity Ratings for a Computer-Administered Addiction Severity Index

1998

Stephen F. Butler, Ph.D. Frederick L. Newman, Ph.D. Innovative Training Systems, Inc, Newton, MA Florida International University John S. Cacciola, Ph.D. Arlene Frank, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Brookside Hospital, Nashua, NH Simon H. Budman, Ph.D. A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D. Innovative Training Systems, Inc., Newton, MA University of Pennsylvania Sabrina Ford, Ph.D. Jack Blaine, MD Swarthmore College National Institute on Drug Abuse David Gastfriend, MD Karla Moras, Ph.D. Massachusetts General Hospital University of Pennsylvania Ihsan M. Salloum, M.D., M.P.H. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

A Computer Adaptive Testing Version of the Addiction Severity Index-Multimedia Version (ASI-MV): The Addiction Severity CAT

Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2017

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a computer adaptive testing (CAT) version of the Addiction Severity Index-Multimedia Version (ASI-MV), the Addiction Severity CAT. This goal was accomplished in 4 steps. First, new candidate items for Addiction Severity CAT domains were evaluated after brainstorming sessions with experts in substance abuse treatment. Next, this new item bank was psychometrically evaluated on a large nonclinical (n = 4,419) and substance abuse treatment (n = 845) sample. Based on these results, final items were selected and calibrated for the creation of the Addiction Severity CAT algorithms. Once the algorithms were developed for the entire assessment, a fully functioning prototype of an Addiction Severity CAT was created. CAT simulations were conducted, and optimal termination criteria were selected for the Addiction Severity CAT algorithms. Finally, construct validity of the CAT algorithms was evaluated by examining convergent and discriminant ...