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Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory | Fourth Edition

(SASSI-4)
  • The SASSI Institute

The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory Fourth Edition (SASSI-4) instruments are self-report screening instruments designed to accurately identify adolescents and adults with high probability of having a substance use disorder (SUD).

Forms:

Adolescent, Adult, Spanish

Age range:
Adolescent Form: 12-18 years; Adult and Spanish Forms: 18+ years

Reading Level:

4th Grade – 5th Grade

Publication date:
2016

Qualification level:
B

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Completion time:
15 to 20 minutes to administer and score

Administration:
Individual or group; Paper-and-pencil; Individuals 12:0-18:0 (SASSI-A2) and 18:0 and older (SASSI-4 and Spanish SASSI)

Scoring options:
Manual Scoring

Norms:
Cutoff scores based on validation studies

Other languages:
English/Spanish

SASSI-4 Manual

Pricing & Ordering

  • Spanish SASSI Introductory Kit

    0158136950

    Includes Administration and Scoring Instructions, Development and Validation of the Spanish SASSI, 25 Questionnaires and Profiles, Sample Scored Questionnaire and Profile, Scoring Key, and an English translation of the test

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    Price: $75.00

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  • SASSI-Adolescent Introductory Kit

    0158136985

    Includes SASSI Manual, SASSI-A2 User's Guide, 25 Questionnaires and Profiles, Scoring Key, and Sample Scored Questionnaire and Profile

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    Price: $150.00

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  • SASSI-4 (Adult) and SASSI Adolescent Combination Kit

    0158009541

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    Price: $285.00

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  • SASSI-4 Adult Complete Kit

    0158009525

    Includes Adult SASSI-4 Manual, SASSI-4 User's Guide, 25 Adult questionnaire forms and profiles, Adult scoring key

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    Price: $150.00

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  • Spanish SASSI Questionnaires and Profiles

    0158136977

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    Price: $65.00

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  • SASSI-Adolescent Questionnaires and Profiles

    0158136993

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  • SASSI-4 Adult Questionnaires and Profiles

    0158009533

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Product Details

SASSI instruments help guide appropriate treatment and are useful in a variety of settings such as substance abuse treatment centers, criminal justice programs, behavioral health centers, social service programs, and other healthcare organizations.

Benefits

  • Distinguish SUD from other psychological disorders.
  • Enhance SUD identification through subtle items that are added to the SAT scale.
  • Screen for SUD along the DSM-5 continuum of severity (ranging from mild to severe).
  • Identify the probability of substance abuse among adolescents and get insight into clinical issues teens face (e.g., emotional pain, level of acknowledgement of the substance abuse, social system impact).
  • Detect substance use disorders in clients who are unwilling or unable to acknowledge substance misuse and symptoms associated with it.
  • New Prescription Drug scale helps identify individuals who are likely to be abusing prescriptions medicines.

Features

The SASSI does not require a professional to administer and features objective scoring and decision rules. It consists of the following versions:

  • SASSI-4: identifies probability of substance abuse among adults aged 18 or older.
  • SASSI-A2: identifies the probability of substance abuse among adolescents aged 12 to 18 years.
  • Spanish SASSI: an adult substance abuse screening instrument that is validated in clinical settings that consists of Spanish speaking adults from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

SASSI-4

SASSI-A2

The SASSI-4 consists of the following face valid and subtle scales:

The SASSI-A2 consists of the following face valid and subtle scales:

Face Valid Alcohol (FVA)
Face Valid Other Drugs (FVOD)
Prescription Drug Scale (Rx)
Symptoms (SYM)
Obvious Attributes (OAT)
Subtle Attributes (SAT)
Defensiveness (DEF)
Supplemental Addiction Measure (SAM)
Family vs. Control Subjects (FAM)
Correctional (COR)

Face Valid Alcohol (FVA)
Face Valid Other Drugs (FVOD)
Friends-Family Risk (FRISK)
Attitudes (ATT)
Symptoms (SYM)
Obvious Attributes (OAT)
Subtle Attributes (SAT)
Defensiveness (DEF)
Supplemental Addiction Measure (SAM)
Correctional (COR)
Validity Check (VAL)
Secondary Classification Scale (SCS)
 

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