If a Measure of Substance Abuse Is Able to Determine

question 68

Multiple Choice

If a measure of substance abuse is able to determine which individuals will be only transient drug users, and which ones will go on to meet criteria for substance dependence or to abuse other drugs with more adverse health consequences, that measure would have

• A) concurrent validity.
• B) face validity.
• C) etiological validity.
• D) predictive validity.
• E) measurement reliability.

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