Abstract
The development and psychometric properties of a brief screening tool for use with American Indian youth suspected of abusing substances is described. The Indian Health Service-Personal Experience Screening Questionnaire (IHS-PESQ) is a brief questionnaire that screens for drug abuse problem severity, response distortion tendencies, and psychosocial risk factors. The psychometric properties of the problem severity scale are favorable when tested in reservation-based American Indian students (grades 6-12). The paper also describes the role of the IHS-PESQ within a prevention, intervention and treatment referral system designed for American Indian youth.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 39-52 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 12 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Support for this study was provided by funds from the Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service and by grants from NIDA (DA05104) and The Saint Paul Foundation to Ken C. Winters.
Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Adolescent
- Assessment
- Drug abuse
