@misc{10272/23057,
year = {2022},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23057},
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.},
publisher = {Taylor & Francis},
title = {Cocaine use disorder criteria in a clinical sample: an analysis using Item Response Theory, factor analysis, and network analysis [Dataset]},
doi = {10.33776/ariasmontano.23057},
author = {Sánchez García, Manuel and Rosa Cáceres, Ana María and Díaz Batanero, María Carmen and Fernández Calderón, Fermín and Lozano Rojas, Óscar Martín},
}