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Effectiveness of the SASSI-4 in Classifying Substance Use Disorders and Detecting Response Styles

The current study explored the effects of simulated adjustment domains (i.e., partial denial and social desirability) on specialized substance abuse measures in a sample of 104 inpatient offenders with substance use disorders. Results indicated nearly two thirds (57.9%) of offenders successfully escaped detection on the SASSI-4 and InDUC-2R. Further, subtle approaches employed by the SASSI-4 failed to detect unacknowledged substance use by simulators, and the remaining decision rules were redundant and most likely contributed to the false positive rates for non SU offenders. More promisingly, the current study developed an empirically based validity scale to bolster the SASSI-4's effectiveness in detecting response styles that showed initial promise. Results, a review of detection strategies for SU validity scales, and implications for assessment are further explored.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1707384
Date08 1900
CreatorsHartigan, Sara E
ContributorsRogers, Richard, Boals, Adriel, Cox, Randall J
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvii, 132 pages, Text
RightsPublic, Hartigan, Sara E, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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