A Measuring Instrument for Use in Drug Education Programs: Development of the Mc Leod High Risk Inventory

Abstract

In order to design a primary prevention program that has a reasonable likelihood of effectiveness, one must be able to generate data that can suggest appropriate areas of concentration. This paper discusses the development and refinement of the McLeod High-Risk Inventory. This instrument has been designed to test the statistical relationship between a number of psychological states and pro-drug attitudes or frequent drug use. The instrument is also used to measure the impact of a primary prevention program on those states that have been demonstrated to be correlated to pro-drug attitudes.