Development and validation of a Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital (BARC-10) for alcohol and drug use disorder

VILSAINT, Corrie L., KELLY, John F., BERGMAN, Brandon G., GROSHKOVA, Teodora, BEST, David and WHITE, William (2017). Development and validation of a Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital (BARC-10) for alcohol and drug use disorder. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 177, 71-76.

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Abstract

Background: It has been long established that achieving recovery from an alcohol or other drug use disorder is associated with increased biobehavioral stress. To enhance the chances of recovery, a variety of psychological, physical, social, and environmental resources, known as “recovery capital”, are deemed important as they can help mitigate this high stress burden. A 50-item measure of recovery capital was developed (Assessment of Recovery Capital [ARC]), with 10 subscales; however, a briefer version could enhance further deployment in research and busy clinical/recovery support service settings. To help increase utility of the measure, the goal of the current study was to create a shorter version using Item Response Theory models. Method: Items were pooled from the original treatment samples from Scotland and Australia (N=450) for scale reduction. A reduced version was tested in an independent sample (N =123), and a Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve was constructed to determine optimal cut-off for sustained remission (> 12 months abstinence). Results: An abbreviated 10-item measure of recovery capital captured item representation from all 10 original subscales, was invariant across participant’s locality and gender, had high internal consistency (α= .90), concurrent validity with the original measure (rpb =.90), and predictive validity with sustained remission using a cut-off score of 47. Conclusion: The brief assessment of recovery capital 10-item version (BARC-10) concisely measures a single unified dimension of recovery capital that may have utility for researchers, clinicians, and recovery support services.

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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Law Research Group
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.03.022
Page Range: 71-76
Depositing User: Jill Hazard
Date Deposited: 05 Jun 2017 08:36
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 04:59
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15835

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