The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory Fourth Edition (SASSI-4) instruments are self-report screening instruments designed to accurately identify adolescents and adults with high probability of having a substance use disorder (SUD).
Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory | Fourth Edition
SASSI-4
The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory Fourth Edition (SASSI-4) instruments are self-report screening instruments designed to accurately identify adolescents and adults with high probability of having a substance use disorder (SUD).
- Publication date:
- 2016
- Age range:
- Adolescent Form: 12-18 years; Adult Form: 18+ years
- Reading level:
-
4th Grade – 5th Grade
- Qualification level:
- B
- Completion time:
- 15 to 20 minutes to administer and score
- Administration:
- Paper-and-pencil
- Scoring options:
- Manual Scoring
- Norms:
- Cutoff scores based on validation studies
SASSI instruments help guide appropriate treatment and are useful in a variety of settings such as substance abuse treatment centers, criminal justice programs, behavioral health centers, social service programs, and other healthcare organizations.
Benefits
- Distinguish SUD from other psychological disorders.
- Enhance SUD identification through subtle items that are added to the SAT scale.
- Screen for SUD along the DSM-5 continuum of severity (ranging from mild to severe).
- Identify the probability of substance abuse among adolescents and get insight into clinical issues teens face (e.g., emotional pain, level of acknowledgement of the substance abuse, social system impact).
- Detect substance use disorders in clients who are unwilling or unable to acknowledge substance misuse and symptoms associated with it.
- New Prescription Drug scale helps identify individuals who are likely to be abusing prescriptions medicines.
Features
The SASSI does not require a professional to administer and features objective scoring and decision rules. It consists of the following versions:
- SASSI-4: identifies probability of substance abuse among adults aged 18 or older.
- SASSI-A2: identifies the probability of substance abuse among adolescents aged 12 to 18 years.
SASSI-4
SASSI-A2
The SASSI-4 consists of the following face valid and subtle scales:
The SASSI-A2 consists of the following face valid and subtle scales:
Face Valid Alcohol (FVA)
Face Valid Other Drugs (FVOD)
Prescription Drug Scale (Rx)
Symptoms (SYM)
Obvious Attributes (OAT)
Subtle Attributes (SAT)
Defensiveness (DEF)
Supplemental Addiction Measure (SAM)
Family vs. Control Subjects (FAM)
Correctional (COR)
Face Valid Alcohol (FVA)
Face Valid Other Drugs (FVOD)
Friends-Family Risk (FRISK)
Attitudes (ATT)
Symptoms (SYM)
Obvious Attributes (OAT)
Subtle Attributes (SAT)
Defensiveness (DEF)
Supplemental Addiction Measure (SAM)
Correctional (COR)
Validity Check (VAL)
Secondary Classification Scale (SCS)
