Ado|escent A|coho| and Drug Invo|vement Sca|e ( AADIS)

urpose 1he AdolescenL Alcohol and urug lnvolvemenL Scale was deslgned Lo provlde a shorL screen
whlch deLermlnes Lhe need for a full assessmenL of an adolescenL's use of alcohol and oLher
drugs Plgher scale scores represenL hlgher levels of alcohol and/or drug lnvolvemenL 1he
AAulS ls lnLended as a research lnsLrumenL and/or a screenlng Lool lL has noL been valldaLed as a
dlagnosLlc cllnlcal measure oslLlve resulLs when used for screenlng should be followed wlLh an
lndependenL cllnlcal assessmenL process


1hese quesLlons refer Lo your use of alcohol and oLher drugs (llke marl[uana/weed or cocalne/rock) lf you are
currenLly ln resldenLlal LreaLmenL or ln cusLody please answer regardlng Lhe Llme you were llvlng ln Lhe communlLy
before you sLarLed LreaLmenL or were Laken lnLo cusLody Clrcle all Lhe answers whlch descrlbe your use of alcohol
and/or oLher drug(s) Lven lf none of Lhe answers seem exacLly rlghL please plck Lhe ones LhaL come closesL Lo belng
Lrue lf a quesLlon doesn'L apply Lo you you may leave lL blank

1 Pow ofLen do you use alcohol or oLher drugs (such as weed or rock)?
a never e several Llmes a week
b once or Lwlce a year f every day
c once or Lwlce a monLh g several Llmes a day
d every weekend

2 When dld you lasL use alcohol or drugs?
a never used alcohol or drugs e Lhe lasL week ago
b noL for over a year f yesLerday
c beLween 6 monLhs and 1 year ago g Loday (or Lhe same day l was Laken lnLo
d several weeks ago LreaLmenL or cusLody)

3 l usually sLarL Lo drlnk or use drugs because (Cl8CLL ALL 1PA1 AL?)
a l llke Lhe feellng d l feel sLressed nervous Lense full of
b Lo be llke my frlends worrles or problems
c l am bored or [usL Lo have fun e l feel sad lonely sorry for myself
(klckln' lL")

4 WhaL do you drlnk when you drlnk alcohol?
a wlne d hard llquor (vodka whlsky eLc)
b beer e a subsLlLuLe for alcohol
c mlxed drlnks

3 Pow do you geL your alcohol or drugs? (Cl8CLL ALL 1PA1 ?Cu uC)
a Supervlsed by parenLs or relaLlves d geL from frlends
b from broLhers or slsLers e buy my own (on Lhe sLreeL or wlLh
c from home wlLhouL parenLs' false lu)
knowledge

6 When dld you flrsL use drugs or Lake your flrsL drlnk? (Cl8CLL CnL)
a never d aL ages 12 or 13
b afLer age 13 e aL ages 10 or 11
c aL ages 14 or 13 f before age 10

7 WhaL Llme of day do you use alcohol or drugs? (Cl8CLL ALL 1PA1 AL? 1C ?Cu)
a aL nlghL d ln Lhe mornlng or when l flrsL awaken
b afLernoons/afLer school e l ofLen geL up durlng my sleep
c before or durlng school or work Lo use alcohol or drugs

8 Why dld you Lake your flrsL drlnk or flrsL use drugs? (Cl8CLL ALL 1PA1 AL?)
a curloslLy d Lo geL away from my problems
b parenLs or relaLlves offered e Lo geL hlgh or drunk
c frlends encouraged me Lo have fun

9 When you drlnk alcohol how much do you usually drlnk?
a 1 drlnk d 3 9 drlnks
b 2 drlnks e 10 or more drlnks
c 34 drlnks

10 Whom do you drlnk or use drugs wlLh? (Cl8CLL ALL 1PA1 A8L 18uL Cl ?Cu)
a parenLs or adulL relaLlves d wlLh older frlends
b wlLh broLhers or slsLers e alone
c wlLh frlends or relaLlves own age

11 WhaL effecLs have you had from drlnklng or drugs? (Cl8CLL ALL 1PA1 AL? 1C ?Cu)
a loose easy feellng d became lll
b goL moderaLely hlgh e passed ouL or overdosed
c goL drunk or wasLed f used a loL and nexL day dldn'L
remember whaL happened

12 WhaL effecLs has uslng alcohol or drugs had on your llfe? (Cl8CLL ALL 1PA1 AL?)
a none f has goLLen me lnLo Lrouble aL home
b has lnLerfered wlLh Lalklng Lo someone g was ln a flghL or desLroyed properLy
c has prevenLed me from havlng a h has resulLed ln an accldenL an ln[ury
good Llme arresL or belng punlshed aL school
d has lnLerfered wlLh my school work for uslng alcohol or drugs
e have losL frlends because of use

13 Pow do you feel abouL your use of alcohol or drugs? (Cl8CLL ALL 1PA1 AL?)
a no problem aL all d l ofLen feel bad abouL my use
b l can conLrol lL and seL llmlLs e l need help Lo conLrol myself
on myself f l have had professlonal help Lo
c l can conLrol myself buL my frlends conLrol my drlnklng or drug use
easlly lnfluence me

14 Pow do oLhers see you ln relaLlon Lo your alcohol or drug use? (Cl8CLL ALL 1PA1 AL?)
a can'L say or normal for my age d my famlly or frlends Lell me Lo geL
b when l use l Lend Lo neglecL help for my alcohol or drug use
my famlly or frlends e my famlly or frlends have already
c my famlly or frlends advlse me Lo gone for help abouL my use
conLrol or cuL down on my use

Scor|ng rocedures
AfLer compleLlng Lhe screenlng lnLervlew please score Lhe AAulS by addlng Lhe welghLs on
lLems 8114 CompleLe Lhe face page and add any commenLs on Lhe youLh's responses 1he
screener may declde Lo recommend a full assessmenL ln splLe of Lhe AAulS score lf so lndlcaLe
why ln Lhe commenLs secLlon

Add Lhe welghLs Lo Lhe hlghesL poslLlve answer Lo each lLem ln secLlon 8 Lach lLem 81 Lo
14 ls glven only one welghL ln Lhe scorlng 1he lnLervlew verslon lncludes Lhe welghLs
numbers ln square brackeLs on Lhe lnsLrumenL lLself use Lhese same welghLs for Lhe survey
(self compleLed) verslon 1he drug use grld ls noL scored buL serves as an lnLroducLory secLlon Lo
esLabllsh Lhe paLLern of use before deLermlnlng Lhe consequences and problems relaLed Lo use Cne purpose of Lhe
research pro[ecL was Lo assess Lhe valldlLy of Lhe scorlng process 1he cuL
polnL has been ad[usLed afLer early daLa analysls We may also develop a welghLlng sysLem for
Lhe drug use grld currenLly noL lncluded ln Lhe scorlng
1he resulLs from Lhe valldaLlon sLudy lndlcaLe Lhe cuLoff score of 37 on Lhe AAulS ls besL ln
Lerms of senslLlvlLy and speclflclLy for uSMlv subsLance use dlsorders Any youLh scorlng
37 or hlgher should be fully assessed for subsLance use dlsorders uslng a sLandard cllnlcal
assessmenL
AAulS Score lnLerpreLaLlon
$ 0 no alcohol or oLher drug use
$ 136 Alcohol and/or oLher drug use presenL does noL reach Lhreshold for
subsLance use dlsorder based on uSMlv crlLerla (Screener may flnd cllnlcal
cause Lo overrlde negaLlve flndlng)
$ 37 or hlgher Alcohol and/or oLher drug use presenL whlch may reach uSM lv
crlLerla full assessmenL ls lndlcaLed

ueveloped by u aul Moberg CenLer for PealLh ollcy and rogram LvaluaLlon unlverslLy of Wlsconsln Medlcal
School AdapLed wlLh
permlsslon from Mayer and lllsLead's AdolescenL Alcohol lnvolvemenL Scale" (!ournal of SLudles on Alcohol 40
291300 1979) and Moberg
and Pahn's AdolescenL urug lnvolvemenL Scale" (!ournal of AdolescenL Chemlcal uependency 2 7388 1991)