Validity of the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) construct applying the item response theory to a non-clinical sample of heroin users

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 919-935

  González Saiz, Francisco ^a   Lozano, Óscar M ^a,b   Ballesta, Rosario ^a   Silva, Teresa ^c   Brugal, Maria Teresa ^d   Bilbao, Izaskun ^a   Barrio, Gregorio ^e   Domingo Salvany, Antonia ^f   Bravo, Maria Jose ^e   De La Fuente, Luis ^c   Ruiz, Sofía ^g   Fernández, David ^g   Hortensi, Mireia Ambrós ^g   Lacasa, Daniel ^g   Llorens, Angels ^g   Mejías, Eusebio ^g   Neira, Montserrat ^g   Pulido, José ^g   Royuela, Luis ^g   Sánchez, Fernando ^g   Vallejo, Fernando ^g   Vallés, Nuria ^g   more..

^a Fundacion Andaluza para la Atencion a Las Drogodependencias e Incorporacion Social   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^c CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^d AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^g Oficina 3 ^*

Author keywords

Heroin addiction; Item Response Theory (IRT); Rasch models; Severity Dependence Scale (SDS); Validity

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN;

EID: 45949094954     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701801543     Document Type: Article

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