Rutgers Alcohol Problems Index (RAPI)

The RAPI is a 23-item self-administered screening tool for assessing adolescent problem drinking. It was developed in order to create a conceptually sound, unidimensional, relatively brief, and easily administered instrument to assess problem drinking in adolescence. The advantages of this screening tool lie in its ease of administration and its standardization, which make it possible to compare problem drinking scores across groups.

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Item Coding

The RAPI consists of 23 items that are rated on a 5-point Likert scale as follows:

Never	1-2 times	3-5 times	6-10 times	more than 10 times
0	1	2	3	4

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Scales

The RAPI yields one total score (RAPI_TOT) which simiply consists of the sum of all 23 items. No items are reverse scored.

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Resource Files

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

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References

White, H.R. & Labouvie, E.W. (1989). Towards the assessment of adolescent problem drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 50, 30-37.

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updated on 2-24-03