Michigan Alcohol Screening Tests: Father Form (FSM)

The Father Form of the Michigan Alcohol Screening Tests (FSM) is a 13-item measure of problems experienced by the participant’s father as a result of drinking alcohol.

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Item Coding

The FSM consists of 13 items to which participants respond either "Yes" or "No".

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Scales

The FSM yields 1 total score. Descriptions of the scale and item loadings are listed below. Scale scores are calculated as the sum of respective items. Underlined/bold items are reverse scored.

Scale Name (Abbr.)	Description	Item loadings
FSM_TOT Total Score	Parent Form	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13

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Resource Files

• Questionnaire
• CIDA Item file
• CIDA Scoring file
• SPSS Scoring Syntax file

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References

• Crews, T.M. & Sher, K. J. (1992). Using adapted short MASTs for assessing parental alcoholism: Reliability and validity. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 16(3), 576-584.

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Created by Jacky Diaz

Updated 2-12-08