RT Journal Article
T1 Cocaine use disorder criteria in a clinical sample: an analysis using Item Response Theory, factor analysis, and network analysis
A1 Sánchez García, Manuel
A1 Rosa Cáceres, Ana María
A1 Díaz Batanero, María Carmen
A1 Fernández Calderón, Fermín
A1 Lozano Rojas, Óscar Martín
AB Background: The conceptualization of substance use disorders (SUDs) was modified in successiveeditions of the DSM. Dimensionality and inclusion/exclusion of several criteria was studied usingvarious analytic approaches.Objective: The study aimed to deepen our knowledge of the interrelationships between thediagnostic 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 DependenceSeverity Scale. Confirmatory Factor Analysis, 2-parameter logistic model (IRT) and network analysiswere applied to analyze the relationships between the diagnostic criteria.Results: The results show that “legal problems” criterion is not congruent with the CUD measure onthree analyses. Also, network analysis suggests the usefulness of the “craving” criterion. Thecriterion “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 “activitiesgiven up.”Conclusions: Network analysis appears to be a useful and complementary technique to factoranalysis and IRT for understanding CUD. The “quit/control” criterion emerges as a central criterionto understand CUD.
PB Taylor and Francis
SN 0095-2990
SN 1097-9891 (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23079
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23079
LA eng
NO Sánchez-García, M., Rosa-Cáceres, A. de la, Díaz-Batanero, C., Fernández-Calderón, F., & Lozano, O. M. (2022). Cocaine use disorder criteria in a clinical sample: an analysis using Item Response Theory, factor analysis, and network analysis. In The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (Vol. 48, Issue 3, pp. 284–292). Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2021.2012185
NO 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.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026