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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 10.
Published in final edited form as: Peabody J Educ. 2014 Apr 14;89(2):197–213. doi: 10.1080/0161956X.2014.895648

TABLE 1.

Instruments and Interpretive Variables Utilized in Assessing Academic and Therapeutic Outcomes in Recovering Adolescents

Interpretive Variables Adolescent Measures (Format and Source) Parent Measures (Format and
Source)
Demographic information ADI (interview; Winters & Henly, 1993) ADI–Parent (ADI-P; interview;
 Winters & Stinchfield, 2000)
Substance use history (tobacco,
 alcohol, and other drugs
 history & diagnostic)

  1. ADI (interview; Winters & Henly, 1993)

  2. Time Line Follow Back (interview; adapted from Sobell et al., 1986).

  3. Urinalysis (biological specimen)

  4. MINI-SCID 5.0.0 (interview; Sheehan et al., 1999)

  5. PEI (questionnaire; Winters & Henly, 1989)

 ADI-P (interview; Winters & Stinchfield, 2000)
Substance use expectancies and
 consequences		 PEI (questionnaire; Winters & Henly, 1989) ADI-P (interview; Winters & Stinchfield, 2000)
Peer attitudes PEI (questionnaire; Winters & Henly, 1989) No parent report
Peer substance use PEI (questionnaire; Winters & Henly, 1989) No parent report
Perceived availability Adapted from Monitoring the Future, 2010
 (interview; Johnston, O’Malley, Bachman, & Schulenberg, 2011).		 No parent report
Services received (includes
 alcohol/drug counseling
 services, mental health
 services, & school services)

  1. Adapted from Timeline Followback (interview; L. C. Sobell & Sobell, 1992).

  2. ADI (interview; Winters & Henly, 1993)

 ADI-P (interview; Winters & Stinchfield, 2000)
Recovery support HSQ (interview; Moberg & Finch, 2008) Adapted from HSQ (interview;
 Moberg & Finch, 2008)
Financial burden of substance
 use disorders		 No youth report Six items created for this study
 to measure cost/benefit
 analysis
Parental emotional quality of
 life		 No youth report Adapted from Health Utilities
 Index (interview; Feeny, Furlong, Boyle, & Torrance, 1995)
Family health history (substance
 use and mental health)		 ADI (interview; Winters & Henly, 1993) ADI-P (interview; Winters & Stinchfield, 2000)
Youth mental health

  1. MINI-SCID (interview; Sheehan et al., 1999)

  2. GAIN-SS (interview; Dennis, Chan, & Funk, 2006)

 ADI-P (interview; Winters & Stinchfield, 2000)
Youth mental health services
 (i.e. medication, counseling,
 out-of home placement)		 ADI (interview; Winters & Henly, 1993) ADI-P (interview; Winters & Stinchfield, 2000)
Physical health GAIN-Q3 (interview; Dennis, 2010) No parent report
Legal involvement Adapted from ADI (interview; Winters & Henly, 1993) ADI-P (interview; Winters & Stinchfield, 2000)
Youth stress GAIN-Q3 (interview; Dennis, 2010) ADI-P (interview; Winters & Stinchfield, 2000)
Risk behaviors for infectious
 disease		 GAIN-Q3 (interview; Dennis, 2010) No parent report
Crime & violence GAIN-Q3 (interview; Dennis, 2010) No parent report
  (continued on next page)
Life satisfaction GAIN-Q3 (interview; Dennis, 2010) No parent report
Social support GAIN-Q3 (interview; Dennis, 2010) Adapted from HSQ (interview;
 Moberg & Finch, 2008)
Religion/Sprituality GAIN-Q3 (interview; Dennis, 2010) No parent report
Free time activities Adapted from Healthy for Life (interview;
 Piper, Moberg, & King, 2000)		 No parent report
Problem solving Problem Solving Inventory (Latimer, Winters, D’Zurilla, & Nichols, 2003) No parent report
School atmosphere HSQ (interview; Moberg & Finch, 2008) Adapted from HSQ (interview;
 Moberg & Finch, 2008)
School/Work problems GAIN-Q3 (interview; Dennis, 2010) GAIN-Q3 (interview; Dennis, 2010)
School performance HSQ (interview; Moberg & Finch, 2008)

  1. Adapted from ADI-P (interview; Winters & Stinchfield, 2000)

  2. Adapted from HSQ (interview; Moberg & Finch, 2008)
Attitude toward school Scale on the Behavior Assessment System
 for Children (questionnaire; Reynolds & Kamphaus, 1992).		 No parent report
School climate Inventory of School Climate (questionnaire;
 Brand, Felner, Shim, Seitsinger, & Dumas, 2003)		 No parent report
Parent/Child relationship

  1. Youth Happiness with Parent Scale (questionnaire; DeCato, Donohue, Azrin, & Teichner, 2001)

  2. Alabama Parenting Questionnaire–Youth form (questionnaire; Shelton, Frick, & Wootton, 1996)

  1. Parent Happiness with Youth Scale (questionnaire; DeCato, Donohue, Azrin, & Teichner, 2001)

  2. Alabama Parenting Questionnaire–Parent form (questionnaire; Shelton, Frick, & Wootton, 1996)

  3. Stress Index for Parents of Adolescents (questionnaire; Sheras, Abidin, & Konold, 1998)
Community activities Adapted from the National Education
 Longitudinal Study of 1988
 (questionnaire; Ingels, Scott, Taylor, Owings, & Quinn, 1998)		 No parent report
Feelings about yourself HSQ (interview; Moberg & Finch, 2008) No parent report
Video game addiction Adapted from the SOGS-RA (questionnaire;
 Winters, Stinchfield, & Fulkerson, 1993)		 No parent report
Gambling addiction SOGS-RA (questionnaire; Winters, Stinchfield, & Fulkerson, 1993) No parent report

Note. ADI = Adolescent Diagnostic Interview; HSQ = High School Questionnaire; SOGS–RA = South Oaks Gambling Screen–Revised Adolescent.