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The Short Alcohol Dependence Data (SADD) Questionnaire: norms and reliability data for male young offenders
Author(s) -
McMURRAN MARY,
HOLLIN CLIVE R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb03465.x
Subject(s) - reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , population , medicine , physics , environmental health , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
Summary The Short Alcohol Dependence Data (SADD) questionnaire was administered to 100 male young offenders. The mean score was 8.09. Eighty subjects were available between 19 and 40 days later for retest. Of these, 44 were given the original SADD, resulting in a test‐retest correlation of 0.87. The remaining 36young offenders were given at retest a version of the SADD reworded to eradicate difficult words and ambiguous items. The test‐retest reliability using the reworded SADD was 0.88 and the split‐half reliability of the reworded SADD was 0.85. Thus, the SADD is shown to be reliable over time and the reworded SADD is a satisfactory alternative to the orginal SADD with this population.