The eleven-item alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST-11): Cross-cultural psychometric evaluation across 42 countries

The eleven-item alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST-11): Cross-cultural psychometric evaluation across 42 countries. Lee, C., Lin, C., Koós, M., Nagy, L., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., Ballester-Arnal, R., Batthyány, D., Bergeron, S., Billieux, J., Burkauskas, J., Cárdenas-López, G., Carvalho, J., Castro-Calvo, J., Chen, L., Ciocca, G., Corazza, O., Csako, R. I., Fernandez, D. P., Fernandez, E. F., Fujiwara, H., Fuss, J., Gabrhelík, R., Gewirtz-Meydan, A., Gjoneska, B., Gola, M., Grubbs, J. B., Hashim, H. T., Islam, M. S., Ismail, M., Jiménez-Martínez, M., Jurin, T., Kalina, O., Klein, V., Költő, A., Lee, S., Lewczuk, K., Lochner, C., López-Alvarado, S., Lukavská, K., Mayta-Tristán, P., Milea, I., Miller, D. J., Orosová, O., Orosz, G., Ponce, F. P., Quintana, G. R., Garzola, G. C. Q., Ramos-Diaz, J., Rigaud, K., Rousseau, A., Scanavino, M. D. T., Schulmeyer, M. K., Sharan, P., Shibata, M., Shoib, S., Sigre-Leirós, V., Sniewski, L., Spasovski, O., Steibliene, V., Stein, D. J., Strizek, J., Ünsal, B. C., Vaillancourt-Morel, M., Van Hout, M. C., & Bőthe, B. Journal of Psychiatric Research, July, 2023.

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The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) is an instrument to screen substance-use-related health risks. However, little is known whether the ASSIST could be further shortened while remaining psychometrically sound across different countries, languages, gender identities, and sexual-orientation-based groups. The study aimed to validate a shortened 11-item ASSIST (ASSIST-11). Using the International Sex Survey data, 82,243 participants (M age = 32.39 years) across 42 countries and 26 languages completed questions from the ASSIST-11 regarding gender identity, sexual orientation, and other information. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and multigroup CFA (MGCFA) evaluated ASSIST-11 structure and tested measurement invariance across groups. Cronbach's α and McDonald's ω were used to examine the internal consistency. Cohen's d and independent t-tests were used to examine known-group validity. The ASSIST-11 was unidimensional across countries, languages, age groups, gender identities (i.e., men, women, and gender-diverse individuals), and sexual orientations (i.e., heterosexual and sexual minority individuals). Cronbach's α was 0.63 and McDonald's ω was 0.68 for the ASSIST-11. Known-group validity was supported by Cohen's d (range between 0.23 and 0.40) with significant differences (p-values\textless0.001). The ASSIST-11 is a modified instrument with a unidimensional factor structure across different languages, age groups, countries, gender identities, and sexual orientations. The low internal consistency of the ASSIST-11 might be acceptable as it assesses a broad concept (i.e., use of several different substances). Healthcare providers and researchers may use the ASSIST-11 to quickly assess substance-use information from general populations and evaluate the need to follow up with more detailed questions about substance use.

@article{lee_eleven-item_2023,
	title = {The eleven-item alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test ({ASSIST}-11): {Cross}-cultural psychometric evaluation across 42 countries},
	copyright = {All rights reserved},
	issn = {0022-3956},
	shorttitle = {The eleven-item alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test ({ASSIST}-11)},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002239562300331X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.06.033},
	abstract = {The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) is an instrument to screen substance-use-related health risks. However, little is known whether the ASSIST could be further shortened while remaining psychometrically sound across different countries, languages, gender identities, and sexual-orientation-based groups. The study aimed to validate a shortened 11-item ASSIST (ASSIST-11). Using the International Sex Survey data, 82,243 participants (M age = 32.39 years) across 42 countries and 26 languages completed questions from the ASSIST-11 regarding gender identity, sexual orientation, and other information. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and multigroup CFA (MGCFA) evaluated ASSIST-11 structure and tested measurement invariance across groups. Cronbach's α and McDonald's ω were used to examine the internal consistency. Cohen's d and independent t-tests were used to examine known-group validity. The ASSIST-11 was unidimensional across countries, languages, age groups, gender identities (i.e., men, women, and gender-diverse individuals), and sexual orientations (i.e., heterosexual and sexual minority individuals). Cronbach's α was 0.63 and McDonald's ω was 0.68 for the ASSIST-11. Known-group validity was supported by Cohen's d (range between 0.23 and 0.40) with significant differences (p-values{\textless}0.001). The ASSIST-11 is a modified instrument with a unidimensional factor structure across different languages, age groups, countries, gender identities, and sexual orientations. The low internal consistency of the ASSIST-11 might be acceptable as it assesses a broad concept (i.e., use of several different substances). Healthcare providers and researchers may use the ASSIST-11 to quickly assess substance-use information from general populations and evaluate the need to follow up with more detailed questions about substance use.},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2023-07-11},
	journal = {Journal of Psychiatric Research},
	author = {Lee, Chih-Ting and Lin, Chung-Ying and Koós, Mónika and Nagy, Léna and Kraus, Shane W. and Demetrovics, Zsolt and Potenza, Marc N. and Ballester-Arnal, Rafael and Batthyány, Dominik and Bergeron, Sophie and Billieux, Joël and Burkauskas, Julius and Cárdenas-López, Georgina and Carvalho, Joana and Castro-Calvo, Jesús and Chen, Lijun and Ciocca, Giacomo and Corazza, Ornella and Csako, Rita I. and Fernandez, David P. and Fernandez, Elaine F. and Fujiwara, Hironobu and Fuss, Johannes and Gabrhelík, Roman and Gewirtz-Meydan, Ateret and Gjoneska, Biljana and Gola, Mateusz and Grubbs, Joshua B. and Hashim, Hashim T. and Islam, Md Saiful and Ismail, Mustafa and Jiménez-Martínez, Martha and Jurin, Tanja and Kalina, Ondrej and Klein, Verena and Költő, András and Lee, Sang-Kyu and Lewczuk, Karol and Lochner, Christine and López-Alvarado, Silvia and Lukavská, Kateřina and Mayta-Tristán, Percy and Milea, Ionut and Miller, Dan J. and Orosová, Oľga and Orosz, Gábor and Ponce, Fernando P. and Quintana, Gonzalo R. and Garzola, Gabriel C. Quintero and Ramos-Diaz, Jano and Rigaud, Kévin and Rousseau, Ann and Scanavino, Marco De Tubino and Schulmeyer, Marion K. and Sharan, Pratap and Shibata, Mami and Shoib, Sheikh and Sigre-Leirós, Vera and Sniewski, Luke and Spasovski, Ognen and Steibliene, Vesta and Stein, Dan J. and Strizek, Julian and Ünsal, Berk C. and Vaillancourt-Morel, Marie-Pier and Van Hout, Marie Claire and Bőthe, Beáta},
	month = jul,
	year = {2023},
	keywords = {Addictive behaviors, Cross-cultural study, Factor structure, Measurement invariance, Psychometrics},
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}

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