Michigan Alcohol Screening Tests: Mother Form (MSM)

The MSM is a 13-item measure of problems experienced by the participant’s mother as a result of drinking alcohol.

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Item Coding

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

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Scales

The MSM 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 items are reverse scored.

Scale Name (Abbr.)	Description	Item loadings
MSM_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 4-1-02