The Alcohol Use Inventory (AUI) provides a basis for describing different ways in which individuals use alcohol, the benefits they derive from such use, the negative consequences associated with its use, and the degree of concern individuals express about the use of alcohol and its consequences.
How to Use This Test
The AUI test can be used by psychologists, social workers, chemical dependency counsellors and physicians to help:
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Differentiate drinking styles and develop individual treatment plans
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Provide an objective assessment of alcohol-related problems
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Identify treatment-relevant classification of alcohol abusers based on DSM-IV® classifications
Key Features
The AUI test's multidimensional approach can help the substance-abuse professional tailor a treatment plan to a client's specific problems.
The self-report format of the AUI test enables substance-abuse professionals to compare an individual's perceptions about his or her use of alcohol with the interviewer's perceptions and those of family members and others.
Scales
Primary Scales
Benefits
SOCIALIM - Drink to improve sociability
MENTALIM - Drink to improve mental functioning
MANGMOOD - Drinking helps to manage moods
MARICOPE - Drinking follows marital problems
Styles
GREGARUS - Gregarious drinking versus solo
COMPULSV - Compulsive drinking
SUSTAIND - Sustained versus periodic drinking
Consequences
LCONTROL - Loss of control over behavior when drinking
ROLEMALA - Social role maladaption
DELIRIUM - Psychoperceptual withdrawal
HANGOVER - Psychophysical withdrawal
MARIPROB - Drinking causes marital problems
Concerns and Acknowledgments
QUANTITY - Quantity of daily use when drinking
GUILTWOR - Guilt and worry associated with drinking
HELPBEFR - Prior attempts to deal with drinking
RECEPTIV - Readiness for help
AWARENES - Awareness of drinking problem
Second-Order Factor Scales
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ENHANCED - Drinking to enhance functioning
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OBSESSED - Obsessive, sustained drinking
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DISRUPT1 - Uncontrolled life disruption due to drinking: directly stated
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DISRUPT2 - Uncontrolled life disruption due to drinking: indirectly stated
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ANXCONCN - Anxiety related to drinking
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RECPAWAR - Acknowledgment and awareness of use problem
General Alcohol Involvement
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ALCINVOL - Broad involvement with alcohol