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. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Winters, Ken C.; DeWolfe, Jerome; Graham, Donald; St. Cyr, Wehnona
Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse
2006
16
1
14
Haworth Press
Journal Article
American Indians; Drug Abuse; Drug Rehabilitation; Psychometrics; Test Construction; Screening Tests; Adolescence (13-17 yrs); Adulthood (18 yrs & older); Young Adulthood (18-29 yrs); Male; Female
Setting
Tribal Adaptation
Individual/Child
Primary
Child
OTHER (Specify)
Child substance abuse