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- Title
Development of the OCDS--revised: a measure of alcohol and drug urges with outpatient substance abuse clients.
- Authors
Morgan, Thomas J; Morgenstern, Jon; Blanchard, Kimberly A; Labouvie, Erich; Bux, Donald A
- Abstract
Urges to use substances is an important construct in understanding the maintenance of substance use as well as relapse. There is a need to evaluate single instruments measuring global urges to use substances (including alcohol). The Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale (OCDS; R. F. Anton, D. H. Moak, & P. Latham, 1995) was revised and tested as a single measure of urges to use substances. Participants were 252 adults entering outpatient substance abuse treatment. Results suggest that the revised scale (OCDS-R) primarily assesses 1 global factor for urges to use substances. In addition, strong support was found for the reliability and concurrent validity of the OCDS-R, although results for its predictive validity were mixed. The OCDS-R is a brief, psychometrically sound self-report instrument that has applicability within clinical and research settings.
- Publication
Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2004, Vol 18, Issue 4, p316
- ISSN
0893-164X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/0893-164X.18.4.316