A Chinese Adaptation of the ASI-Multimedia Version

描述（由申请人提供）：此快速通道申请建议将先前开发的成瘾严重程度指数（ASI）的自我管理多媒体版本（称为ASI-MV）改编为中文。ASI是成瘾严重程度的最广泛使用的量度。目前，它已在一些政府管辖区得到授权，并正在迅速成为评估化学品依赖性的标准。这个项目将扩展ASI-MV到经常被忽视的，亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民（AAPI），在美国的非英语亚文化，我们提出了一个内容有效的适应ASI-MV的一个AAPI组，特别是，华裔美国人谁讲普通话或广东话。在第一阶段，部分ASI-MV脚本将被改编为普通话和广东话，并进行预测试。在第二阶段，将完成两种语言的脚本，并将其纳入称为中文-ASI-MV（C-ASI-MV）的CD-ROM程序原型。第二阶段的实地试验包括评估程序的（1）重测信度，（2）标准效度（包括跨种族因素等效性），（3）判别效度。最终产品将作为我们广泛的药物滥用相关多媒体工具套件的一部分销售。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Fast-Track application proposes to adapt to Chinese a previously developed self-administered, multimedia version of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI), called the ASI-MV. The ASl is the most widely used measure of addiction severity. It is now mandated in some governmental jurisdictions and is rapidly becoming a standard assessment for chemical dependency. This project will extend the ASI-MV to the often ignored, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), non-English-speaking subcultures in the U.S. We propose a content valid adaptation of the ASI-MV for one AAPI group, specifically, Chinese Americans who speak Mandarin or Cantonese. In Phase I, part of the ASI-MV script will be adapted to Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese and pretested. In Phase II, the script will be completed for both languages and incorporated into a prototype of the CD-ROM program, called the Chinese-ASI-MV (C-ASI-MV). The Phase II field trial involves evaluation of the program's (1) test-retest reliability, (2) criterion validity (including cross-ethnic factorial equivalence), and (3) discriminant validity. The final product will be marketed as part of our extensive suite of substance abuse-related, multimedia tools.