An IRT-based measure of alcohol trait severity and the role of traitedness in trait validity: A reanalysis of Project MATCH data

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-184

  Morey, Leslie C ^a   Hopwood, Christopher J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Assessment; Item response theory; Nosology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349847224     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.06.025     Document Type: Article

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