The Validity of the Short Inventory of Problems and Drinking Intensity among Urban American Indian Adults
Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND: American Indian (AI) adults have both high prevalence rates of alcohol abstinence and alcohol use disorders compared to non-Hispanic White adults. We investigated the applicability and validity of the Short Inventory of Problems (SIP) among AI urban adults and the moderating effect of biological sex. METHODS: = 124) provided baseline, 3-, 6- and 9-month data. Measures included Form 90 and the SIP, which includes 5 domains of alcohol-related negative consequences including interpersonal, intrapersonal, physical, impulse control and social. Drinking frequency and intensity were assessed by percent days abstinent (PDA) and drinks per drinking day (DPDD). RESULTS: Cronbach alphas of the SIP were similar between urban AI adults and the mainstream treatment-seeking population reported in the SIP manual. DPDD was a significant and positive predictor of all five SIP scales collected 9-months later. Higher PDA was significantly and negatively associated with later consequences, and all 5 SIP scales. Moderation tests indicated that the association between consequences and drinking intensity was stronger for AI females with fewer drinking days resulting in significantly fewer consequences for AI males relative to AI females. CONCLUSIONS: Findings highlight the acceptability of SIP as a measure to assess drinking related consequences among AI urban adults, with clinical implications related to alcohol use and sex. Further research is warranted to examine differential drinking related outcomes among AI men and women in addition to adaptations of the SIP that more fully capture the range of negative drinking consequences.
Source: Substance Use & Misuse
Institutions: University of New Mexico, Washington State University Spokane
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: Randomized Controlled Trial of CRAFT with American Indians, G159655351, Leveraging CDC Opioid Overdose Surveillance Funding from the Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center to Create Tribal Data and Culturally Center Medications for Opioid Use Disorder, G2405366264, G244537270, A Transtheoretical Model of AA-Related Behavior Change, G3323505598, Research and Mentoring in AA-related Mechanisms of Change, Zuni MI/CRA Project, G6542061701, Alcohol Research Training: Methods and Mechanisms of Change
OpenAlex ID: W3133401671