The MacAndrew Alcohol Scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

question 9

Multiple Choice

The MacAndrew Alcohol Scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory could best be described as

• A) being a useful, if rather lengthy, screening tool.
• B) best able to identify personality patterns commonly associated with substance use disorders.
• C) being 95 percent accurate in its ability to identify persons with a SUD if they answer the questions honestly.
• D) identifying introverted persons as having a greater chance of having a SUD.

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