Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index
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Acronym: |
RAPI |
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Author/Developer / Address: |
Helene Raskin White, Ph.D. |
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Description / Type of Assessment: |
RAPI is a 23-item self-administered screening tool (questionnaire) for assessing adolescent problem drinking. |
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Primary use / Purpose: |
To screen for adolescent drinking problems. RAPI was developed to create a conceptually sound, unidimensional, relatively brief, and easily administered instrument to assess problem drinking in adolescence. |
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Domains measured / Life Areas / Problems Assessed: |
Negative consequences of drinking. |
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Population: |
Adolescents with 7th grade of reading level. |
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Administration / Completion Time: |
Ten minutes or less. |
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Scoring Procedures: |
The coded numbers (0-4) are added together across items to form a scale ranging from 0 to 69. It can be normed on any sample. In a clinical sample (age 14 to 18) means ranged from 21 to 25 and in a nonclinical sample (age 15 to 18) means ranged from 4 to 8 depending upon age and sex. |
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Scoring Time: |
Three minutes. |
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Credentials/Training: |
There is no training required for the administrator. |
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Source of Psychometrics: |
Helene Raskin White, Ph.D. See address above. |
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Languages: |
English. |
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Availability / Inquiries: |
Helene Raskin White, Ph.D. See address above. |
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Price: |
It is free, and there is no copyright. (The developers request that persons who use RAPI send them their age/sex norms as well as a description of their sample.) |
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Practicability / usefulness: |
The advantages of this short, self-administered screening tool are its ease of administration and its standardization, which make it possible to compare problem drinking scores across groups. |
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Comments: |
RAPI is only a measure of adolescent drinking problems, and additional information about intensity of use, motivations for use, and contexts of use is desirable when conducting a full assessment of problem drinking. |
