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Can Communities Assess Support for Preventing Adolescent Alcohol and Other Drug Use? Reliability and Validity of a Community Assessment Inventory *
Author(s) -
Mills Jessica,
Bogenschneider Karen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00355.x
Subject(s) - reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , validity , applied psychology , clinical psychology , test validity , psychometrics , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
This study examines the reliability and validity of the Youth Support Inventory, a tool designed for community coalitions to assess the availability of local resources and supports that previous research indicates are important for preventing adolescent alcohol and other drug use. Citizen members in 17 community coalitions completed the inventory. In tests of validity, a higher score (i.e., more community support) was associated with less adolescent alcohol use. In tests of reliability, the inventory was reduced from 55 to 40 items ( α= .71 ). Of the prevention strategies identified by the coalition, 94% addressed resources the local assessment indicated were not extensively available in the community.