@article { author = {Shirinbayan, Peymaneh and Salavati, Mahyar and Soleimani, Farin and Saeedi, Ahmad and Asghari-Jafarabadi, Mohammad and Hemmati-Garakani, Sahel and Vameghi, Roshanak}, title = {The Psychometric Properties of the Drug Abuse Screening Test}, journal = {Addiction and Health}, volume = {12}, number = {1}, pages = {25-33}, year = {2020}, publisher = {Kerman University of Medical Sciences}, issn = {2008-4633}, eissn = {2008-8469}, doi = {10.22122/ahj.v12i1.256}, abstract = {Background: Substance abuse is a critical problem in most countries, especially in developing ones. Earlydetection is the pre-requisite of early control, for which reliable and valid tools are required. In the presentstudy, we aimed at measuring the psychometric properties of the 10-item Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)in Iranian individuals.Methods: After translation and back-translation of the questionnaire, 244 adults were recruited from TehranMegacity, Iran, and completed the questionnaires. Participants were recruited by a multistage randomizedcluster sampling method. Reliability was determined by Cronbach’s alpha. Also, construct validity wasevaluated using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA).Findings: The internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the total score of the Persianversion of DAST-10 was 0.93. EFA evoked only one factor for DAST-10. The CFA for 1-factor models forDAST-10 indicated an acceptable fit for the proposed models.Conclusion: The results prove desirable reliability and validity of the Persian version of the DAST which canbe utilized as a screening instrument for drug abuse among Iranian adults.}, keywords = {Substance abuse detection,Validation studies,Psychometrics}, url = {https://ahj.kmu.ac.ir/article_89585.html}, eprint = {https://ahj.kmu.ac.ir/article_89585_58879927f0ac5bb9852acf0fa62861e6.pdf} }