CROSS-CULTURAL EVALUATION OF TWO DRINKING ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS: ALCOHOL TIMELINE FOLLOWBACK AND INVENTORY OF DRINKING SITUATIONS

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 antecede...

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Published in:Substance use & misuse 2001-01, Vol.36 (3), p.313-331
Main Authors: Sobell, Linda C., Agrawal, Sangeeta, Annis, Helen, Ayala-Velazquez, Hector, Echeverria, Leticia, Leo, Gloria I., Rybakowski, Janusz K., Sandahl, Christer, Saunders, Bill, Thomas, Sally, Ziólkowski, Marcin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol abusers
Alcoholism - diagnosis
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning
Australia
Australia - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Canada
Canada - epidemiology
Cross-cultural
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Crosscultural studies
Drinking Behavior
Evaluation
Female
Humans
Inventory of drinking situations
Male
Measures
Measures (Instruments)
Medical sciences
Mexico - epidemiology
Outpatients
Psychometric Analysis
Retrospective Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Sweden
Sweden - epidemiology
Timeline Followback
Toxicology
United States of America
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1082-6084
1532-2491
DOI:10.1081/JA-100102628