Cannabis Use Problems Identification Test--Spanish Version

Differences in the performance of adults with normal hearing were evaluated on the English and Spanish versions of the Synthetic Sentence Identification (SSI) test in the ipsilateral competing message (ICM) format. Previous work has shown that bilingual subjects perform significantly better on the Spanish version of the SSI at a –30 dB message-to-competition ratio (MCR). The previous investigators attributed this difference in performance to the existence of a greater number of pauses in the competing message of the Spanish version compared to the English version. In the present study, seven bilingual speakers and ten monolingual speakers each of English and Spanish completed two conditions—the standard competing message (SC) and the competing message mixed with speech noise (SC+N)—in order to reduce or eliminate the effect of pauses on performance. Bilingual subjects’ scores in each language were not significantly different from monolingual subjects’ scores. Scores from bilinguals were significantly better in Spanish compared to English—even when speech noise was used to fill in the natural pauses present in the competing message at a –10 dB MCR. It is suggested that this performance difference may be a result of the unequal average number of syllables per stimulus sentence in the English and Spanish versions. However, further research will be needed to explore the impact that different language structures have on SSI performance.

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Alcohol and Cannabis Use Disorder Symptom Severity, Conduct Disorder, and Callous-Unemotional Traits and Impairment in Expression Recognition

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2021.714189 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Robert James R. Blair ◽

Johannah Bashford-Largo ◽

Ru Zhang ◽

Avantika Mathur ◽

Amanda Schwartz ◽

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Keyword(s):

Conduct Problems ◽

Alcohol Use Disorder ◽

Cannabis Use ◽

Cannabis Use Disorder ◽

Expression Recognition ◽

Diagnostic Status ◽

Cognitive Risk ◽

Recognition Ability ◽

Identification Test ◽

Disorder Identification

Background: Alcohol and cannabis are commonly used by adolescents in the United States. Both alcohol use disorder (AUD) and cannabis use disorder (CUD) have been associated with reduced emotion expression recognition ability. However, this work has primarily occurred in adults and has not considered neuro-cognitive risk factors associated with conduct problems that commonly co-occur with, and precede, substance use. Yet, conduct problems are also associated with reduced emotion expression recognition ability. The current study investigated the extent of negative association between AUD and CUD symptom severity and expression recognition ability over and above any association of expression recognition ability with conduct problems [conduct disorder (CD) diagnostic status].Methods: In this study, 152 youths aged 12.5–18 years (56 female; 60 diagnosed with CD) completed a rapid presentation morphed intensity facial expression task to investigate the association between relative severity of AUD/CUD and expression recognition ability.Results: Cannabis use disorder identification test (CUDIT) scores were negatively associated with recognition accuracy for higher intensity (particularly sad and fearful) expressions while CD diagnostic status was independently negatively associated with recognition of sad expressions. Alcohol use disorder identification test (AUDIT) scores were not significantly associated with expression recognition ability.Conclusions: These data indicate that relative severity of CUD and CD diagnostic status are statistically independently associated with reduced expression recognition ability. On the basis of these data, we speculate that increased cannabis use during adolescence may exacerbate a neuro-cognitive risk factor for the emergence of aggression and antisocial behavior.

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Development of the Spanish Version of Sniffin’s Sticks Olfactory Identification Test: Normative Data and Validity of Parallel Measures

Brain Sciences ◽

10.3390/brainsci11020216 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 216

Author(s):

María Delgado-Losada ◽

Jaime Bouhaben ◽

Alice Delgado-Lima

Keyword(s):

Internal Structure ◽

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Normative Data ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Spanish Population ◽

Normative Values ◽

Culturally Adapted ◽

Olfactory Identification ◽

Identification Test ◽

Demographic Covariates

The Sniffin’ Sticks Olfactory Identification Test is a tool for measurement of olfactory performance developed in Germany and validated in several countries. This research aims to develop the Spanish version of the Sniffin’ Sticks Olfactory Identification Test and obtain normative values for the Spanish population. The parameters are free recall and subjective intensity of odorants are included. The influence of possible demographic covariates such as sex, age, smoking, or educational level are analyzed, and the items that best discriminate are studied. In addition, the internal structure validity of the blue and purple versions is studied as a parallel measure, and a cultural adaptation of the purple version is carried out. For this, three independent samples of normosmic healthy volunteers were studied. To obtain normative values, the sample was of 417 participants (18–89 years). For the internal structure validity study of both versions, the sample was 226 (18–70 years), and for familiarity of the purple version, the sample was 75 participants (21–79 years). Results indicated that men and women and smokers and non-smokers perform equally. However, differences were found as age progresses, being more pronounced after 60 years old in all three measurements of the identification test. This research also provides the items that best discriminate in the blue version and a cultural adaptation for the purple version. In conclusion, the Sniffin’ Sticks Odor Identification Test is a suitable tool for olfactory assessment in the Spanish population. The instrument has been expanded with two new scores, and normative data as a function of age are provided. Its parallel version also seems appropriate for testing, as items have been culturally adapted and evidence of internal structure validity for both versions is reported.

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Psychometric Properties of the Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test in French Cannabis Misusers

Journal of Addictions Nursing ◽

10.3109/10884602.2011.616604 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 214-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Eric Guillem ◽

Christine Notides ◽

Marcel Debray ◽

Florence Vorspan ◽

Catherine Musa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Cannabis Use ◽

Identification Test ◽

Cannabis Use Disorders

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Violence and self-harm in severe mental illness: inpatient study of associations with ethnicity, cannabis and alcohol

Australasian Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/1039856216671650 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 28-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Vajira Dharmawardene ◽

David B Menkes

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Specific Treatment ◽

Female Gender ◽

Cannabis Use ◽

Severely Mentally Ill ◽

Identification Test ◽

History Of ◽

Self Harm ◽

History Of Violence

Objective: We examined the extent to which ethnicity, cannabis and alcohol use could predict prevalence of violence and self-harm in an inpatient psychiatric sample. Method: We collected demographic and clinical data in a series of 141 adult psychiatric inpatients in Hamilton, New Zealand. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test, Revised (CUDIT-R) were used to measure substance use. Clinical assessment and file review were used to verify histories of self-harm and violence. Results: It was found that 66% had a history of violence, 54% of self-harm, and 40% of both; only 20% had neither. Cannabis use was found to significantly predict lifetime history of violence ( p = 0.02); other independent variables (gender, age, ethnicity, alcohol use, psychiatric diagnosis) did not. Self-harm was strikingly predicted by female gender ( p < 0.001), as well as by measures both of cannabis ( p = 0.025) and alcohol use ( p = 0.036); age, ethnicity and diagnosis did not reach significance. Less than 10% of patients were engaged with drug or alcohol services. Conclusions: Cannabis use is a significant predictor of lifetime violence among the severely mentally ill, while both alcohol and cannabis use predict self-harm. Few affected patients receive specific treatment for substance use comorbidity.

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