Validation of Addictive Personality Scale for Screening Adolescents.
10.12934/jkpmhn.2011.20.4.395
- Author:
Hyun Sook PARK
1
;
Sun Young JUNG
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea. jungsy@cu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Adolescent;
Addictive;
Personality
- MeSH:
Adolescent*;
Behavior, Addictive;
Classification;
Humans;
Mass Screening*;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Reproducibility of Results;
ROC Curve;
Sensitivity and Specificity
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2011;20(4):395-403
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine reliability and validity of the Eysenck personality questionnaire which is a well-known measure for risk of addictive personality, and to suggest criteria for screening the adolescent addictive personality. METHODS: The participants were 988 adolescents from four middle schools and four high schools. Reliability, sensitivity and specificity in the ROC curve, and validity were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The internal consistency reliability of the addictive personality scale was .88. There were statistically significant correlations among addictive personality, self-control, and addictive behaviors, which indicate the scale has validity. Also the cutoff of classification of addictive personality in adolescents was indicated by the ROC curve. CONCLUSION: The above findings indicate that the addictive personality scale has good validity, reliability, cutoff for screening when used with adolescents.
