Substance Abuse - Collateral Follow-up

This measure appears in the following time-points: Collat12, Collat24, Collat36.

Related Construct

Alcohol and Drug Use/Abuse

Description of Measure

The Substance Use/Abuse Inventory is a modified version of a substance use measure developed by Chassin et al., 1991 for use in a study of children of alcoholics. The collateral measure considers the collateral's report on the adolescent's use of illegal drugs and alcohol within the past year, as well as items assessing lifetime drug and alcohol treatment and social consequences. The collateral's report is comprised of the following subscales: Substance Use (e.g. "How often did X drink alcohol in the past year?") and Social Consequences and Treatment (e.g. "Has X had problems because of his/her drinking, such as trouble at work or school, legal problems, etc.?").

Substance Use

Alcohol - 1 item assesses past year alcohol use. If positively endorsed - 4 questions follow that assess problems resulting from alcohol use and treatment for alcohol use
Illegal Drugs - the frequency of use in 10 different drug categories over the past year is assessed. If use in the past year is endorsed - 4 questions follow that assess problems resulting from drug use and treatment for drug use.

Social Consequences, Dependency & Treatment

Social Consequences - 2 items that assess lifetime social consequences from alcohol and drug use
Treatment - 2 items assess involvement in treatment for drugs and alcohol
Dependency - 4 items that assess dependency on drugs and alcohol in lifetime

Fourteen scores are computed:

Number of drugs used in the past year [C#yruse]
Lifetime alcohol or drug treatment [C#trtm]
Lifetime alcohol problem [C#ltap]
Lifetime drug problem [C#ltdp]
Lifetime alcohol and drug problem [C#ltdap]
Current alcohol problem [C#cap]
Current drug problem [C#cdp]
Current alcohol and drug problem [C#cdap]
Alcohol problem within the past year [C#lyap]
Drug problem within the past year [C#lydp]
Alcohol and drug problem within the past year [C#lydap]
Alcohol problem prior to the past year [C#blyap]
Drug problem prior to the past year [C#blydp]
Alcohol and drug problem prior to the past year [C#blydap]

The following individual items are also available for this measure:

In the past year, frequency of the subject drinking alcohol [C#SubUse_Alch]
In the past year, frequency of the subject using marijuana [C#SubUse_Pot]
In the past year, frequency of the subject using sedatives [C#SubUse_Sedat]
In the past year, frequency of the subject using stimulants [C#SubUse_Stim]
In the past year, frequency of the subject using cocaine [C#SubUse_Coke]
In the past year, frequency of the subject using opiates [C#SubUse_Opiat]
In the past year, frequency of the subject using ecstasy [C#SubUse_XTC]
In the past year, frequency of the subject using hallucinogens [C#SubUse_Halluc]
In the past year, frequency of the subject using inhalants [C#SubUse_Inhal]
In the past year, frequency of the subject using amyl nitrate [C#SubUse_Amyl]
Use any other drugs in the past year [C#SubUse_ODrg]
In the past year, frequency of using other drugs [C#SubUse_ODrug]
Collateral think the subject has ever been an alcoholic [C#SubUse_Al01]
Collateral think the subject has ever had an alcohol problem [C#SubUse_Al02]
Did the subject's drinking ever cause him/her to be treated for alcoholism [C#SubUse_Al03]
Has the subject ever had problems because of his/her drinking [C#SubUse_Al04]
Collateral think the subject has ever been addicted to drugs [C#SubUse_Dr01]
Collateral think the subject has ever had a drug problem [C#SubUse_Dr02]
Did the subject's drug use ever cause him/her to be treated for drug abuse [C#SubUse_Dr03]
Has the subject ever had problems because of his/her drug use [C#SubUse_Dr04]

Data Issues

Items assessing lifetime alcohol treatment, dependency and consequences (SubUse_Al01 through SubUse_Al04) are only asked if the subject has had alcohol over the past year (from SubUse_Alc).
Items assessing lifetime drug treatment, dependency and consequences (SubUse_Dr01 through SubUse_Dr04) are only asked if the subject used at least one drug over the past year (from SubUse_Pot to SubUse_ODrug).

References

Chassin, L., Rogosch, F., and Barrera, M. (1991). Substance use and symptomatology among adolescent children of alcoholics. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100(4), 449-463.
DeLucia, C., Belz, A., and Chassin, L. (2001). Do adolescent symptomatology and family environment vary over time with fluctuations in paternal alcohol impairment? Developmental Psychology, 37(2), 207-216.