Subtle Screening Inventory Analysis

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Substance abuse is pervasive in the United States. Failure to screen for substance use could lead to lack of treatment or ineffective treatment. Although there are screening instruments for assessing substance abuse potential, there are no brief screening instruments that approach substance abuse from the subtle platform of personality dimensions. Guided by Eysenck's personality theory, this archival study of accused or convicted felons federally mandated to mental health or substance abuse treatment (N = 180) examined personality traits and substance abuse proclivity and validated a shortened assessment by comparing the scores on the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI) to the Personality Assessment Screener (PAS) through canonical

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