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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to establish the psychometric properties of a noncommercial, publicly available, modular screening and assessment system for adolescents in substance abuse treatment. Data were collected in 2011–2012 from 1,189 adolescents admitted to eight residential treatment programs in urban and rural locations in the United States. Results from three sets of analyses documented the instruments to be reliable. Females reported more problems than males, and younger adolescents reported more problems than older youth. Implications and limitations are discussed, and suggestions for future research are provided.
THE AUTHORS
Danica Kalling Knight, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at Texas Christian University's Institute of Behavioral Research. Throughout her career, Dr. Knight has engaged in large-scale research projects designed to further understand substance abuse treatment processes and promote best practices. Her publications have focused on the importance of social factors for clients in treatment, factors affecting adolescent recovery from substance use, and organizational features associated with service provision and staff turnover. In addition to her current role as Co-Investigator on a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant to adapt therapeutic tools for use with adolescent populations and examine organizational barriers to widespread use, Dr. Knight also serves as Principal Investigator on a NIDA-funded cooperative aimed at improving the availability of quality assessment, treatment, and prevention services for adolescents in the legal system.
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Jennifer Edwards Becan, Ph.D., joined the Institute of Behavioral Research team in 2006 and currently serves as an Associate Research Scientist. From 2006 to 2009, she helped manage data collection and field operations for the Treatment Cost and Organizational Monitoring project and authored several peer-reviewed publications on innovation adoption, leadership, and service delivery. Her recent research endeavors center on the dissemination, adoption, and implementation of evidence-based practices that improve motivation and counter poor judgment and decision making among adolescents in treatment. Dr. Becan currently serves as Project Director for two 5-year large-scale NIDA-funded grants (the Treatment Readiness and Induction Program: TRIP and the Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System: TRIALS).
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Brittany Landrum, Ph.D., served as a Graduate Research Assistant with Texas Christian University's Institute of Behavioral Research from 2009 to 2012, assisting with data collection and management on two large-scale, multisite research projects. Her research has focused on integrating qualitative findings with quantitative research, measurement issues (including scale construction and psychometric analysis), and examining how organizational behavior affects client outcomes. Her scholarly interests include quantitative and qualitative research methodology, mixed methods, and philosophical foundations of research. Dr. Landrum is currently an Adjunct Instructor in Psychology at the University of Dallas.
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George W. Joe, Ed. D., is a Senior Research Scientist at Texas Christian University's Institute of Behavioral Research in Fort Worth. His research has focused on the components of the treatment process, evaluation models for treatment effectiveness, etiology of drug abuse, and statistical methodology. He has served as a member of the National Institute on Drug Abuse Treatment Research Subcommittee and Special Emphasis Panels. He is also a frequent reviewer for professional journals.
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Patrick M. Flynn, Ph.D., is Director of the Institute of Behavioral Research, a tenured Professor, and he also holds the Saul B. Sells Chair of Psychology at Texas Christian University. Dr. Flynn's research has focused on the effectiveness and benefits of treatment and included clinical assessment, questionnaire development, multisite clinical trials, dissemination and implementation in community-based programs in the U.S., U.K., and Italy, studies of organizational functioning and costs in outpatient treatments, and treatment services and outcomes research in community and correctional settings. He is a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association and in several divisions of the American Psychological Association, a frequent member and chair of federal grant review panels, serves on journal editorial boards, and a regular reviewer for professional journals. Since 1990, when he returned to the research environs, he has been the Principal Investigator/Project Director and Co-Director of national studies of substance abuse treatment.