SUBSTANCE ABUSE QUESTIONNAIRE: An Inventory of …

SAQ

SUBSTANCE ABUSE QUESTIONNAIRE:

An Inventory of Scientific Findings

SAQ

SAQ- Short Form

SAQ-Adult Probation II

SAQ-Adult Probation III

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface ..................................................................................................................................................... ii

Introduction.............................................................................................................................................. 1

Unique Features ....................................................................................................................................... 2

Description of Scales ............................................................................................................................... 3

Truthfulness ....................................................................................................................................... 3

Alcohol Scale .................................................................................................................................... 3

Drug Scale ......................................................................................................................................... 4

Aggressiveness Scale ........................................................................................................................ 4

Resistance Scale ................................................................................................................................ 5

Stress Coping Abilities Scale ............................................................................................................ 5

Antisocial Scale ................................................................................................................................. 6

Violence Scale ................................................................................................................................... 6

Research Studies...................................................................................................................................... 7

Stress Quotient Research......................................................................................................................... 8

SAQ (SAQ-Adult Probation) Validation Research ................................................................................ 11

Validation of the SAQ Truthfulness Scale ....................................................................................... 11

Validation of the Six SAQ Scale Using Criterion Measures ........................................................... 12

Relationships Between Selected SAQ Scales and Polygraph Examination .................................... 14

Validation of the SAQ in a Sample of Substance Abuse Inpatients ................................................ 15

Validation of the SAQ Using the DRI as the Criterion Measure ..................................................... 17

Validation of the SAQ in a Sample of Vocational Rehabilitation Clients....................................... 18

Validation of the SAQ in a Sample of Adult Probationers .............................................................. 21

Validation of the SAQ-Adult Probation II Violence Scale with a Polygraph Examination............ 22

Validation of the SAQ-Adult Probation II Antisocial and Violence Scales .................................... 23

SAQ-Short Form Research ..................................................................................................................... 23

Validation of the SAQ-Short Form................................................................................................... 23

SAQ Reliability Research ....................................................................................................................... 24

A Study of SAQ Test-Retest Reliability........................................................................................... 24

Inter-item Reliability of the SAQ...................................................................................................... 25

Replication of SAQ Reliability in a Sample of Inpatient Clients .................................................... 27

A Study of Sex Differences in the SAQ-Adult Probation ................................................................ 27

SAQ Sex Differences in a Sample of Municipal Court Clients ....................................................... 30

SAQ Reliability Study in Different Samples of Adult Probationers................................................ 30

A Study of SAQ Reliability in a Sample of Nebraska Probationers ................................................ 32

A Study of Reliability in Five Samples of Adult Probationers ........................................................ 33

Reliability of the SAQ-Adult Probation II........................................................................................ 34

Reliability of the SAQ-Adult Probation II and Review of Client Responses

Across Samples of Probationers ....................................................................................................... 36

SAQ-Adult Probation II Reliability Study on Different Samples of Probationers .......................... 40

SAQ-Adult Probation Reliability in Large Samples of Probationers .............................................. 41

SAQ-Adult Probation II Reliability in Two Samples of Probationers............................................. 42

SAQ-Adult Probation III Research ......................................................................................................... 43

Validity, Reliability and Scale Risk Range Accuracy Study of the SAQ-Adult Probation III ........ 43

Reliability of the SAQ-Adult Probation III in Two Sample of Probationers................................... 48

SAQ-Adult Probation III Reliability, Validity and Accuracy .......................................................... 49

A Study of the SAQ-Adult Probation III in a Sample of Midwest Probationers ............................. 52

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A Study of the SAQ-Adult Probation III in a Large Sample of Offenders ..................................... 55

A Study of the SAQ-Adult Probation III in a sample of probationers ............................................ 60

A Study of the SAQ-Adult Probation III in a Midwest County Probation Program ..................... 62

Nationwide Study of SAQ-Adult Probation III Reliability, Validity, and Accuracy...................... 65

A Study of the SAQ-Adult Probation III in a Texas County Probation Program .......................... 68

A Study of the SAQ-Adult Probation III in a Texas County Probation Program .......................... 72

Texas Statewide Study of SAQ-Adult Probation III Reliability, Validity, and Accuracy .............. 75

A Study of SAQ-AP Short-Form Reliability, Validity, and Accuracy ........................................... 78

SAQ-Adult Probation III Reliability, Accuracy, and Validity (2012) .........................................81

SAQ- Adult Probation III and Probation Revocation Prediction (2012) .....................................84

SAQ-Adult Probation III Confirmatory Findings (2013).............................................................84

Confirmatory Reliability and Validity Findings (2014) ...............................................................86

SAQ-Adult Probation III Confirmatory Reliability and Validity Findings (2014) ......................89

Summary.................................................................................................................................................. 91

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SAQ Copyright (c) 1985; SAQ-Adult Probation Copyright (c) 1989, 1996, 1997

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PREFACE

Substance Abuse Questionnaire (SAQ) research and development began in 1980 and has

continued to the present. The SAQ evolved into the SAQ-Adult Probation, SAQ-Adult Probation II

and SAQ-Adult Probation III. For conciseness, the acronym SAQ will be used interchangeably

for all SAQ versions. The copyrighted SAQ database ensures continued research and

development. The SAQ is a brief, easily administered and automated (computer scored) test that

is designed for adult substance (alcohol and other drugs) abuse assessment. It includes true/false

and multiple choice items and can be completed in 30 minutes. The SAQ contains six empirically

based scales: Truthfulness, Alcohol, Drug, Aggressivity, Resistance and Stress Coping Abilities.

Two additional scales -- Antisocial and Violence were added in 1994. The SAQ has been

researched on college students, outpatients, inpatients, job applicants, chemical dependency

clients, probationers and others.

The SAQ report explains client's attained scores and makes specific intervention and treatment

recommendations. It also presents Truth-Corrected scores, significant items, a concise "structured

interview" and much more. The SAQ-Adult Probation report is designed for adult probation and

parole use. In addition to treatment recommendations, this report presents specific probation

recommendations. It is a risk and needs assessment instrument. The SAQ-Adult Probation has

been researched on adult probationers. Later, an Antisocial Scale and Violence Scale were added

to the SAQ-Adult Probation and this version is called the SAQ-Adult Probation II, which has

been further refined into the SAQ-Adult Probation III. This document summarizes much of the

SAQ (and its different versions) research.

The SAQ has demonstrated reliability, validity and accuracy. It correlates impressively with both

experienced staff judgment and other recognized tests. The SAQ-Short Form was completed in

1991. The SAQ-Short Form is used with the reading impaired, in high volume testing settings

and as an alternative retest instrument. SAQ-Short Form scales correlate significantly and in

expected directions with corresponding SAQ scales.

SAQ tests can be given directly on the computer screen or in paper-pencil test booklet format.

All tests are computer scored on-site. SAQ reports are available within three minutes of test

completion. Diskettes contain all of the software needed to score tests, build a database and print

reports. The SAQ Windows version also has an optional human voice audio presentation that

presents the test on the computer screen with accompanying auditory presentation of the text seen

on the computer screen.

SAQ users are typically not clinicians or diagnosticians. Their role is usually to identify client

risk, substance (alcohol and other drugs) abuse and client need prior to recommending

intervention, supervision levels and/or treatment. The SAQ and its versions (SAQ-Adult

Probation, SAQ-Adult Probation II, and SAQ-Adult Probation III) are to be used in conjunction

with a review of available records and respondent interview. No decision or diagnosis should be

based solely on SAQ results. Client assessment is not to be taken lightly as the decisions made

can be vitally important as they effect peoples lives. SAQ research is ongoing in nature, so that

evaluators can be provided with the most accurate information possible.

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