The Michigan alcoholism screening test : false positives in a college student sample

摘要: The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST), designed and validated by Selzer (1971), is widely used to screen for persons with alcohol problems. most recent version of the MAST includes question “Have you ever attended a meeting Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?”. This may contribute false positive identifications, as it does not specify whether attendance subject's own problem drinking. In current research, 114 college students completed along an additional question: because your drinking?”. results indicated that seven subjects (6.1%) attained inflated scores they had meeting, but their It suggested wording on be changed reduce number identifications produced this instrument.