@article{10272/23079,
year = {2022},
month = {1},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23079},
abstract = {Background: The conceptualization of substance use disorders (SUDs) was modified in successive
editions of the DSM. Dimensionality and inclusion/exclusion of several criteria was studied using
various analytic approaches.
Objective: The study aimed to deepen our knowledge of the interrelationships between the
diagnostic criteria for cocaine use disorder (CUD), applying three different analytical techniques:
factor analysis, Item Response Theory (IRT) models, and network analysis.
Methods: 425 (85.4% male) outpatients were evaluated for CUD using the Substance Dependence
Severity Scale. Confirmatory Factor Analysis, 2-parameter logistic model (IRT) and network analysis
were applied to analyze the relationships between the diagnostic criteria.
Results: The results show that “legal problems” criterion is not congruent with the CUD measure on
three analyses. Also, network analysis suggests the usefulness of the “craving” criterion. The
criterion “quit/control” is the one that presents the best centrality indices and expected influence,
showing strong relationships with the criteria of “craving,” “tolerance,” “neglect roles” and “activities
given up.”
Conclusions: Network analysis appears to be a useful and complementary technique to factor
analysis and IRT for understanding CUD. The “quit/control” criterion emerges as a central criterion
to understand CUD.},
organization = {This study was funded by the grant “Estudio Longitudinal de una nueva batería neuropsicológica para la prevención de la recaída en pacientes con trastornos por consumo de alcohol y cocaína: estudio de precisión y evidencias de validez”, project [PSI2016-79368-R], provided by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad.},
publisher = {Taylor and Francis},
title = {Cocaine use disorder criteria in a clinical sample: an analysis using Item Response Theory, factor analysis, and network analysis},
doi = {10.1080/00952990.2021.2012185},
author = {Sánchez García, Manuel and Rosa Cáceres, Ana María and Díaz Batanero, María Carmen and Fernández Calderón, Fermín and Lozano Rojas, Óscar Martín},
}