Faculty Articles
Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Two Drinking Assessment Instruments: Alcohol Timeline Followback and Inventory of Drinking Situations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2001
Publication Title
Substance Use and Misuse
Volume
36
Issue/Number
3
First Page
313
ISSN
1082-6084
Last Page
331
Abstract/Excerpt
This article describes the psychometric characteristics of two major assessment instruments used in a World Health Organization (WHO) clinical trial: (a) Alcohol Timeline Followback (TLFB, which assesses daily drinking patterns), and (b) Inventory of Drinking Situations (IDS, which assesses antecedents to “heavy” drinking). Clients (N=308) were outpatient alcohol abusers from four countries (Australia, Canada, Mexico, and Sweden). Generally, the Alcohol TLFB and IDS were shown to be reliable and valid with outpatient alcohol abusers in four countries, and in three languages. These results suggest that the Alcohol TLFB and the IDS can be used in clinical and research settings with Swedish-, Spanish-, and English-speaking alcohol abusers.
DOI
10.1081/JA-100102628
NSUWorks Citation
Sobell, L. C.,
Agrawal, S.,
Annis, H. M.,
Ayala-Velazquez, H.,
Echeverria, L.,
Leo, G. I.,
Rybakowski, J. K.,
Sandahl, C.,
Saunders, B.,
Thomas, S.,
Ziolkowski, M.
(2001). Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Two Drinking Assessment Instruments: Alcohol Timeline Followback and Inventory of Drinking Situations. Substance Use and Misuse, 36(3), 313-331.
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