___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DRUG ABUSE SCREENING TEST (DAST) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC last updated: 02-21-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 02-21-2022 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) published by Skinner, H.A. (1982). The drug abuse screening test. Addictive Behaviors, 7, 363–371. The DAST provides an way to screen for drug abuse using 28 self-report "yes/no" questions. A paper and pencil version can be downloaded from: www.drtepp.com/pdf/substance_abuse.pdf ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TASK DESCRIPTION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 28 yes-no questions ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 3 minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'dast.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build q*_response: response given (in assigned values) scale: 0 = no; 1 = yes R = automatically reversed scored questions q*_latency: how much time in ms the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited) (2) Summary data file: 'dast_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startDate: date script was run startTime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedTime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) totalscore: calculates the total score as the sum of all individual answers (abuse affirmative = 1; other = 0) Range: 0 - 28