Subtle Screening Inventory-3 Analysis

The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory -3 (SASSI-3) is a psychometric instrument that is designed to make interpretations about a substance dependence disorder (Miller, 1983). SASSI-3 has four-teen face valid items that relate to substance dependence that is divided into items related to alcohol and drugs (Miller, 1983). SASSI also has sixty-even items that have no relationship to substance dependence (Miller, 1983). The face valid items are scored on a four-point scale and in a true or false format. SASSI’s scores match with other scores from the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) and the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) (Miller, 1983). SASSI does predict that there would be problems with people from a substance disorder. The assessment is easy to administer, quick to score and easily interpreted (Miller, 1983). However some interpretations of the assessment may be inaccurate because some of results can be misinterpreted (Miller, 1983).
David Pittenger stated the SASSE instrument is easy to use but needs to be interpreted with caution (Miller, 1983). The results have no validity, and are not as reliable as other tests (Miller, 1983). …show more content…
Students’ substance abuse can have an effect on their academic performance (Burck, Laux, Harper, & Ritchie, 2010). College counselors administer substance abuse screening instruments (Burck, Laux, Harper, & Ritchie, 2010). Counselors SASSI-3 as an assessment tool that is easy to administer, it is a cost effect, and accurate instrument. The strengths of SASSI are that this instrument can be directly recognizable to drugs and alcohol (Burck, Laux, Harper, & Ritchie, 2010). If the students are faking the symptoms, the counselor would rate them on a Defensive (DEF) Scale). If the students are “faking good” the DEF scale would be a little bit high than those students that were “faking