Fernández-Artamendi Sergio, Fernández-Hermida José Ramón, García-Cueto Eduardo, Secades-Villa Roberto, García-Fernández Gloria, Barrial-Barbén Silvia
Grupo de Investigación sobre Conductas, Adictivas, Universidad de Oviedo, España.
Adicciones. 2012;24(1):41-9. doi: 10.20882/adicciones.116.
Cannabis is a widely used substance among adolescents and young adults, but demand for help and treatment from this age group continues to be low. It is therefore essential to develop instruments especially designed for the early detection of problems associated with cannabis use in this population. The purpose of this work is to adapt and validate the CPQ-A (Adolescent Cannabis Problems Questionnaire) for its use as a screening instrument in Spanish population. The sample was made up of 144 young people (71.5% male) aged 16 to 20 (M = 17.12; SD = 1.17) who had used cannabis in the last month and were on some kind of study or training course at various educational institutions in Asturias (a region in northern Spain). Factor analysis of the CPQ-A in this sample provides evidence of a unidimensional structure, with a Cronbach's Alpha of 0.86 for the questionnaire. The evidence also shows that the instrument's convergent validity is good. The CPQ-A score permits discrimination between moderate and excessive cannabis users over the last month, is positively related to score on the CAST (Cannabis Abuse Screening Test), and presents adequate sensitivity and specificity for identifying cases of cannabis abuse and dependence according to the DSM IV-TR criteria. It is also sensitive to young people's degree of concern about cannabis use and the psychopathological effects associated with it. In accordance with the results obtained, the CPQ-A can be considered a useful screening tool for young cannabis users with problems.
大麻是青少年和青年中广泛使用的物质，但这个年龄组对帮助和治疗的需求仍然很低。因此，开发专门用于早期发现该人群中与大麻使用相关问题的工具至关重要。这项工作的目的是对CPQ-A（青少年大麻问题问卷）进行改编和验证，以用作西班牙人群的筛查工具。样本由144名年龄在16至20岁（M = 17.12；SD = 1.17）的年轻人组成（71.5%为男性），他们在过去一个月内使用过大麻，并且在阿斯图里亚斯（西班牙北部一个地区）的各种教育机构参加某种学习或培训课程。对该样本中的CPQ-A进行因子分析，为其单维结构提供了证据，问卷的克朗巴哈系数为0.86。证据还表明该工具的收敛效度良好。CPQ-A得分能够区分过去一个月内中度和过度使用大麻的人群，与CAST（大麻滥用筛查测试）得分呈正相关，并且根据DSM IV-TR标准，在识别大麻滥用和依赖病例方面具有足够的敏感性和特异性。它对年轻人对大麻使用及其相关心理病理影响的关注程度也很敏感。根据获得的结果，CPQ-A可被视为有问题的年轻大麻使用者的有用筛查工具。
