Assessing the Reliability of Scores Produced by the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI).

<p>The fundamental principle that reliability is a property of scores and not of instruments provides the foundation of a meta-analytic technique called reliability generalization (RG). RG studies characterize the reliability of scores generated by a given instrument and identify methodological and sample characteristics that contribute to the variability in the reliability of those scores. The present study is an RG of the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI). Reliability estimates were obtained from 19.8% of studies using the SASSI. Bivariate correlations revealed strong, positive correlations between SASSI score reliability and score variability of the Subtle Attributes (<em>r</em> = .877, p < .05) and Family History (<em>r</em> = .892, p < .05) subscales and between score reliability and ethnicity for both the Family History (<em>r</em> = .683, p < .05) and Tendency to Involvement in Correctional Setting (<em>r</em> = .76, p < .05) subscales.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Woodson, Joshua A.

• Screening Instruments
• SASSI
• Substance Abuse
• reliability generalization
• Medicine and Health Sciences
• Mental and Social Health
• Substance Abuse and Addiction

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1945

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-3297