Michigan Alcohol Screening Tests: Parent Form (PSM)

The PSM is a 26-item measure of problems experienced by the participant’s parents as a result of drinking alcohol. The PSM combines the F-MAST (father) and M-MAST (mother).

Item Coding

 

The PSM consists of 26 items to which participants respond either "Yes" or "No".

 

Scales

The PSM 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

PSM_TOT Total Score

Parent Form

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26

 

Resource Files

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.

 

 

Created by Jacky Diaz

Updated 4-1-02