@article{ref1,
title="Screening illicit substance use in college students: the Chinese version of the Drug Abuse Screening Test",
journal="Drug and alcohol dependence",
year="2020",
author="Chen, Yi-Ting and Chang, Jung-Chen and Lee, Chau-Shoun",
volume="215",
number="",
pages="e108184-e108184",
abstract="BACKGROUND: This study investigated the applicability of the Chinese versions of Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) to detect illicit substance use in college students.   METHODS: The data arising from a campus prevention program, Screening for Illicit Substance Use in College (SISUC), were utilized to explore the psychometrics of 26 items (DAST-26) and 10 items (DAST-10) versions of DAST in college students (CS group). A group of youth with illicit substance use were enrolled as the Illicit Substance Use group (IS group). A set of self-report questionnaires, including the Chinese version of DAST, were administered.   RESULTS: A total of 1214 participants were recruited as the CS group and 208 as the IS group. The Cronbach's alpha of DAST-26 was 0.74 in CS and 0.90 in IS; while 0.59 in CS and 0.78 in IS for the DAST-10. At a cut-off of 4 for DAST-26, the sensitivity was 87 % and specificity 97 %. As to DAST-10, a cut-off of 2 produced the sensitivity of 86 % and specificity of 96 %. The area under the curve was 0.943 for DAST-26 and 0.940 for DAST-10. The confirmatory factor analyses found a single-factor solution for the DAST-26 and DAST-10.   CONCLUSIONS: With comparison to the DAST-26, the shorter version, DAST-10, may offer promise for detecting illicit substance use in college students.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0376-8716",
doi="10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108184",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108184"
}