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The Personality Assessment Inventory Alcohol Scale in Veterans With PTSD: Convergent and Discriminant Relations With the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.

Dan V Blalock, Sarah M Wilson, Eric A Dedert, Carolina P Clancy, Michael A Hertzberg, Jean C Beckham, Patrick S Calhoun

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Article in Assessment, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Outcome metrics utilized in evaluations of programs and interventions for combat and operational stress: A review of psychometric properties.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association
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7 authors.

Dan V BlalockCenter of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT), Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8349-9825
Sarah M WilsonCenter of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT), Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA.
Eric A DedertDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA.
Carolina P ClancyDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA.
Michael A HertzbergDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA.
Jean C BeckhamDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA.
Patrick S CalhounCenter of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation (ADAPT), Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, USA.

Funding

A Personalized mHealth Approach to Smoking Cessation for Veterans Living with HIVIK2HX002398 · VA · DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI WILSON, SARAH MOSHER · 2018 to 2022
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HSRD VA IK2 HX002398
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we examined the validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Alcohol (ALC) scale in 736 male veterans presenting for formal evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The ALC scale exhibited convergence with other measures of alcohol problems, and this convergence was similar for veterans with and without formal PTSD diagnosis. When predicting alcohol consumption via the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), the ALC scale also displayed substantial incremental validity over the effects of demographics and MMPI-2 MacAndrew Alcohol Scale. Using a standard alcohol consumption cut score on the AUDIT, the ALC scale displayed good specificity and (generally) good sensitivity across three common cut scores. PTSD severity did not significantly affect the association between the ALC composite and alcohol consumption via the AUDIT. Taken together, results suggested that the ALC can provide valid assessment of alcohol use among treatment seeking veterans.

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AlcoholismStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticVeteransHumansMaleMMPIPersonalityPersonality AssessmentPersonality InventoryalcoholPAIPTSDvalidityveterans

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PMID30674200
PMCPMC6650373

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