Moggi, Franz; Giovanoli, A; Sutter, M; Humphreys, K (2005). Validity and reliability of the German version of the short understanding of substance abuse scale. European addiction research, 11(4), pp. 172-9. Basel: Karger 10.1159/000086398
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)This paper presents the German version of the Short Understanding of Substance Abuse Scale (SUSS) [Humphreys et al.: Psychol Addict Behav 1996;10:38-44], the Verstandnis von Storungen durch Substanzkonsum (VSS), and evaluates its psychometric properties. The VSS assesses clinicians' beliefs about the nature and treatment of substance use disorders, particularly their endorsement of psychosocial and disease orientation. The VSS was administered to 160 treatment staff members at 12 substance use disorder treatment programs in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Because the confirmatory factor analysis of the VSS did not completely replicate the factorial structure of the SUSS, an exploratory factor analysis was undertaken. This analysis identified two factors: the Psychosocial model factor and a slightly different Disease model factor. The VSS Disease and Psychosocial subscales showed convergent and discriminant validity, as well as sufficient reliability.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Translational Research Center 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Management |
UniBE Contributor: |
Moggi, Franz and Giovanoli, Anna |
ISSN: |
1022-6877 |
ISBN: |
16110223 |
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Karger |
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English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:55 |
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05 Apr 2018 13:57 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1159/000086398 |
PubMed ID: |
16110223 |
Web of Science ID: |
000233954300003 |
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https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/23456 (FactScience: 41885) |
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