THE MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST (MAST)

THE CREATION AND USE ARE EXPLAINED OF THE MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST (MAST) WHICH WAS DEVISED TO PROVIDE A CONSISTANT, QUANTIFIABLE, EASILY ADMINISTERED INTERVIEW INSTRUMENT FOR THE DETECTION OF ALCOHOLISM. MAST CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF 25 QUESTIONS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN USED PREVIOUSLY BY INVESTIGATORS IN ALCOHOLISM SURVEYS. A DISCUSSION OF THE VARIOUS GROUPS USED TO VALIDATE THE MAST IS PRESENTED ALONG WITH THE USEFULNESS OF SUCH A TEST FOR TESTING ALCOHOLIC TRAFFIC OFFENDERS. TO DATE THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF MAST HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING. A COPY OF THE MAST AND MAST RESPONSES OF 153 HOSPITALIZED ALCOHOLICS AND 103 NONALCOHOLIC CONTROLS ARE INCLUDED. /SRIS/

• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Authors:
  • SELZER, M L
• Publication Date: 1969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholism; Detection and identification; Detectors; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Interviewing; Questionnaires
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223140
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: 9pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 26 1970 12:00AM