The Marijuana Screening Inventory (MSI-X): Concurrent, convergent and discriminant validity with multiple measures

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-378

  Alexander, Dale ^a   Leung, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ASI; DAST; Marijuana screening; MAST; MSI X; SASSI; Validity

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADDICTION SEVERITY INDEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDED MARIJUANA INVENTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARIJUANA SCREENING INVENTORY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; STUDENT T TEST; SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBTLE SCREENING INVENTORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33747185901     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990600753594     Document Type: Article

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