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The Mortimer‐Filkins test of problem drinking: a review of psychometric properties
Author(s) -
WEBB GLORIA R.
Publication year - 1990
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.1360-0443.1990.tb01633.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , reliability (semiconductor) , internal consistency , psychology , psychometrics , population , concurrent validity , test validity , predictive validity , clinical psychology , poison control , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
This paper contains a literature review of the psychometric properties of the Mortimer–Filkins test of problem drinking. The test was devised initially to identify problem drinkers from among drink‐driving offenders. It was initially validated against a general population, and has since been used with worksite populations. The test demonstrates high degrees of internal‐consistency reliability, test‐retest reliability and concurrent validity. It has been shown to be predictive of drink‐driver racidivism and the occurrence of work injuries and injury‐related absences.