Assessing youth participation in AA-related helping: Validity of the service to others in sobriety (SOS) questionnaire in an adolescent sample

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-66

  Pagano, Maria E ^a   Kelly, John F ^b   Scur, Michael D ^a   Ionescu, Rebecca A ^a   Stout, Robert L ^c   Post, Stephen G ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS RELATED HELPING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; SERVICE TO OTHERS IN SOBRIETY QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALTRUISM; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84873619216     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2013.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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