Self-Administered Addiction Severity Index (ASI-Self Report)

Instrument Description:

The ASI Self-Report Form is a self-administered version of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI, McLellan Et al., 1992). The ASI assesses seven domains of functioning related to addiction: alcohol use, drug use, medical problems, psychiatric symptoms, family and social problems, legal problems, and employment problems. The self-report form was developed to provide an alternative to the standard ASI interview for monitoring substance abuse patients treatment outcomes. High correlations between interview and self-administered questionnaire composite scores suggest that the self-administered ASI questions address dimensions similar to those assessed by the ASI interview, with less of a burden on clinical staff.

Instrument Development: Craig Rosen, Ph.D., Brandy Henson, B.A., John Finney, Ph.D., Rudolf Moos, Ph.D.

Research Contact: Craig Rosen, Ph.D.

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References:

Rosen, C. S., Henson, B. R., Finney, J. W., Moos, R. H. (2000). Consistency of Self-Administered and Interview-Based Addiction Severity Index Composite Scores. Addiction, 95, 419-425.

Cacciola, J. S., McLellan, A. T., Alterman, A.I.,& Mulvaney, FD. (1998). A comparison of self-administered ASI with the Standard ASI interview. In L.S. Harris (Ed.), Problems of Drug Dependence, 1997: Proceedings of the 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, The College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. (NIH Publications No.98-4305, p254). Rockville, MD:National Institutes of Health.

McLellan, A. T., Kushner, H., Metzger, D., Peters, R., Smith, I., Grissom, G., Pettinati, H., and Argeriou,M. (1992). The fifth addition of the addiction severity index. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 9, 199-213.