The Juvenile Addiction Risk Rating

Abstract

This article describes the development and psychometrics of the Juvenile Addiction Risk Rating. The Juvenile Addiction Risk Rating is a brief screening of addiction potential based on 10 risk factors predictive of youth alcohol and drug-related problems that assists examiners in more accurate treatment planning when self-report information is limited.

• substance abuse
• juvenile
• rating scale
• psychometrics

Notes

Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/orPUBLICation of this article.

Funding The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/orPUBLICation of this article.

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Notes on contributors

Michael Powell

Michael Powell, PhD, LPC, LADAC, is a behavioral addiction therapist at Youth Bridge, Inc., in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He works with court-referred, at-risk youth struggling with co-occurring sexual, substance use, and mood-related difficulties. Dr. Powell is now the Department Head of Mental Health Services at the NWA Community Correction Center in Fayetteville, AR. He can be reached at [email protected].

Rebecca A. Newgent

Rebecca A. Newgent, PhD, LCPC, NCC, is a professor of counselor education at Western Illinois University–Quad Cities. Her research interests include measurement and evaluation in counseling, prevention and intervention programming for at-risk youth, and program outcome evaluation. She can be reached at [email protected].