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TCU HIV/AIDS Risk Assessment
TCU Treatment Motivation Scales
TCU Simpatia Scale

TCU HIV/AIDS Risk Assessment

A subset of items (3 pages) was taken from the TCU Comprehensive Intake form to assess drug use and sex related HIV risks in the past 6 months and 30 days.

TCU HIV/AIDS Risk Assessment
(PDF; 33KB / 3 pages plus 2 answer cards)

Web Poster Presentation: Background of the TCU AIDS Risk Assessment (ARA)
 
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Measurement and Psychometric Information

• Web Poster: Background of the TCU AIDS Risk Assessment (ARA)

A variety of multiple-item composites and single-item outcome measures based on the ARA have been used in studies that examine during-treatment and posttreatment changes in particular risk domains (see references listed below). Several factor analytic and configural scoring strategies have served as a basis for index construction models, yielding drug use and sex risk scales with coefficient alphas above .70. The criterion definitions as well as psychometric attributes, however, depend in part on the type of study sample involved; thus, no standardized or normative measures representing "risk levels" have been defined. Predictive validity is indicated by studies showing relationship of single and composite risk measures with cocaine use and psychosocial functioning, as well as changes in risk levels over time.

Joe, G. W., Menon, R., Copher, J. I., & Simpson, D. D. (1990, December). Needle-use and sex risk indices: A methodological report. Research in Progress: National AIDS Demonstration Research (NADR) Project. Bethesda, MD: NOVA Research Company.

Joe, G. W., Simpson, D. D., Watson, D. D., Williams, M. L., Jones, A., Vogtsberger, K. N., & Estrada, A. L. (1991, October). Composite measures of "safe" and "risky" needle use. Presented at the Third Annual Meeting of the National AIDS Demonstration Research (NADR) Project, Washington, DC.

Simpson, D. D., Copher, J. I., Vogtsberger, K. N., & Watson, D. D. (1991, October). Needle-risk changes and reliability of measures. Presented at the Third Annual Meeting of the National AIDS Demonstration Research (NADR) Project, Washington, DC.

Simpson, D. D., Knight, K., & Ray, S. (1993). Psychosocial correlates of AIDS-risk drug use and sexual behaviors. AIDS Education and Prevention, 5(2), 121-130, 1993.  [Abstract]

Joe, G. W., & Simpson, D. D. (1993). Needle use risks: Composite measures and comparisons. In B. S. Brown, G. M. Beschner, & the National AIDS Research Consortium (Eds.), Handbook on risk of AIDS: Injection drug users and sexual partners (pp. 137-154). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
  

TCU Projects using this form

HIV/AIDS Outreach Project

DATAR Project Summary

DATAR Project Publications:

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Recommended References

Simpson, D. D., Camacho, L. M., Vogtsberger, K. N., Williams, M. L., Stephens, R. C., Jones, A., & Watson, D. D. (1994). Reducing AIDS risks through community outreach interventions for drug injectors. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 8(2), 86-101.  [Abstract]

Camacho, L. M., Williams, M. L., Vogtsberger, K. N., & Simpson, D. D. (1995). Cognitive readiness of drug injectors to reduce AIDS risks. American Journal on Addictions, 4(1), 49-55.  [Abstract]

Joe, G. W., & Simpson, D. D. (1995). HIV risks, gender, and cocaine use among opioid users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 37, 23-28.  [Abstract]

Camacho, L. M., Brown, B. S., & Simpson, D. D. (1996). Psychological dysfunction and HIV/AIDS risk behavior. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology, 11, 198-202.  [Abstract]

Camacho, L. M., Bartholomew, N. G., Joe, G. W., Cloud, M. A., & Simpson, D. D. (1996). Gender, cocaine, and during-treatment HIV risk reduction among injection opiate users in methadone maintenance. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 41, 1-7.  [Abstract]

Camacho, L. M., Bartholomew, N. G., Joe, G. W., & Simpson, D. D. (1997). Maintenance of HIV risk reduction among injection opioid users: A 12-month posttreatment follow-up. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 47, 11-18.  [Abstract]

TCU Treatment Motivation Scales

Three motivation scales that represent stages of readiness -- Problem Recognition, Desire for Help, and Treatment Readiness -- were taken from the Client Evaluation of Self and Treatment at Intake.

TCU Treatment Motivation Scales
(PDF; 94K/ 2 pages); Item-Scoring Guide

Web Poster Presentation: The Role of Motivation in Treatment Process
  
For Additional Psychometric Information 
TCU Project using this form

Conceptual Framework and Psychometric Manual

• Web Poster: The Role of Motivation in Treatment Process

For Additional Psychometric Information 

Simpson, D. D., & Joe, G. W. (1993). Motivation as a predictor of early dropout from drug abuse treatment. Psychotherapy, 30(2), 357-368.  [Abstract]

Knight, K., Holcom, M., & Simpson, D. D. (February, 1994). TCU Psychosocial Functioning and Motivation Scales: Manual on Psychometric Properties.  Fort Worth: Texas Christian University, Institute of Behavioral Research.  (Manual available as PDF download: PDF; 135KB / 43 pages).
  

TCU Project using these forms

DATAR Project Summary

DATAR Project Publications:

• Listed by Topic
• Listed by Year

TCU Simpatia Scale

A 17-item scale was developed for assessing agreeableness, respect of others, and politeness as social attributes of Hispanic clients in drug treatment.

TCU Simpatia Scale 
(PDF; 12KB / 1 page with scoring guide)

TCU Project using this form

PMES Project
 

For Additional Information and References

Recommended Reference

Griffith, J. D., Joe, G. W., Chatham, L. R., & Simpson, D. D. (1998). The development and validation of a Simpatía Scale for Hispanics entering drug treatment. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 20(4), 468-482.  [Abstract]

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