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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