Validation of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) in Treatment-Seeking Substance Abusers Using Cue Reactivity Methodology

..................................................................................................................ix INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................1 Past Typologies for Classifuing Substance Abusers ....................................1 Personality and Substance Use: Substance Use Risk Profile Scale ............3 Cue Reactivity, Ambivalence Model of Craving, and Substace Use .............7 The Current Study and Hypotheses .............................................................10 METHODS ..............................................................................................................12 Participants ...................................................................................................12 Materials .......................................................................................................12 Equipment ..........................................................................................12 Slides .................................................................................................12 Substance Cue Reactivity Ratings ...............................................................13 Individual Difference Measures ....................................................................13 Personality and Symptom Questionnaires .........................................14 Substance Use History and Demographics .......................................15 Drinking and Drug Use Motive Questionnaires ..................................15 Procedure .....................................................................................................16 Data Analysis ................................................................................................17 RESULTS ................................................................................................................19 Participants ...................................................................................................19 Factor Structure of the SURPS.....................................................................19 Internal Consistency and Validity of the SURPS ..........................................22 SURPS and Alcohol/Drug Related Problems ...............................................23 SURPS and Frequency of Substance Use ...................................................23 SURPS and Approach Reactivity for Psychoactive Substances...................27 SURPS and Drinking/Drug Use Motives .......................................................31 Drinking Motives ................................................................................31 Smoking Motives ...............................................................................34