Palmer, Alice;
Adamson, Simon;
Schroder, Ria;
Wood, Lisa;
(2025)
Psychometric Performance of the Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test– Revised (CUDIT-R) in an Youth Clinical Sample.
Community Mental Health Journal
10.1007/s10597-025-01494-5.
(In press).
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Abstract
The Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test–Revised (CUDIT-R) is an eight-item screening tool designed to identify problematic cannabis use. The present study intended to assess the psychometric properties of the measure in a youth sample. N = 76 participants completed the CUDIT-R and a measure of cannabis consumption. All participants underwent an assessment for a current cannabis use disorder using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. The CUDIT-R exhibited good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = 0.76) and concurrent validity with a cannabis consumption measure. Discriminant validity was demonstrated with an area under the ROC curve of 0.96. The CUDIT-R proved to be a reliable and valid screening tool amongst youth with heavy cannabis use, which suggests the scale has clinical utility.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Psychometric Performance of the Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test– Revised (CUDIT-R) in an Youth Clinical Sample |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10597-025-01494-5 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-025-01494-5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Youth, Cannabis, Cannabis use disorder, Screening |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry > Epidemiology and Applied Clinical Research |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10211642 |
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