TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of the Obsessive Compulsive Drug Use Scale (OCDUS) Among Male Heroin Addicts in China
AU - Yang, Chengwu
AU - Wei, Weiquan
AU - Vrana, Kent E.
AU - Xiao, Yang
AU - Peng, Yuehua
AU - Chen, Dingyan
AU - Yu, Jincong
AU - Wang, Dongming
AU - Ding, Fang
AU - Wang, Zengzhen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Rigorous validation of the popular obsessive compulsive drug use scale (OCDUS) has been sparse, while the lack of valid and reliable measurement scales continues to be an obstacle to the study and control of heroin addiction in China. Based on data from 295 randomly-selected male Chinese heroin addicts, we examined the psychometric properties of the OCDUS in this population and the correlations of the OCDUS scores with key epidemiological characteristics. In the course of this analysis, one item was eliminated as the result of low test-retest reliability. Factor analysis on the remaining twelve items identified a 3-dimensional factor structure, which was similar to the original. These domains showed adequate reliability, with Cronbach’s α as 0.82, 0.81, and 0.66. The OCDUS scores were correlated with age, age of first heroin use, length of drug use, marriage, and primary route of administration. These findings suggest that the adapted OCDUS will prove to be a valid and reliable measure of heroin addiction among Chinese male addicts.
AB - Rigorous validation of the popular obsessive compulsive drug use scale (OCDUS) has been sparse, while the lack of valid and reliable measurement scales continues to be an obstacle to the study and control of heroin addiction in China. Based on data from 295 randomly-selected male Chinese heroin addicts, we examined the psychometric properties of the OCDUS in this population and the correlations of the OCDUS scores with key epidemiological characteristics. In the course of this analysis, one item was eliminated as the result of low test-retest reliability. Factor analysis on the remaining twelve items identified a 3-dimensional factor structure, which was similar to the original. These domains showed adequate reliability, with Cronbach’s α as 0.82, 0.81, and 0.66. The OCDUS scores were correlated with age, age of first heroin use, length of drug use, marriage, and primary route of administration. These findings suggest that the adapted OCDUS will prove to be a valid and reliable measure of heroin addiction among Chinese male addicts.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11469-016-9635-9
DO - 10.1007/s11469-016-9635-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84962708012
SN - 1557-1874
VL - 14
SP - 803
EP - 819
JO - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
JF - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
IS - 5
ER -
