Summary of Beat Drugs Fund Evaluation Question Sets
(2015Funding Exercise)
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction1 / Anti-Drug Attitude
Minimum score: 13
Maximum score: 65 / Preventive education and publicity / Non-specific / (6-Q1) + Q2 + (6-Q3) + Q4 + (6-Q5) + Q6 + (6-Q7) + (6-Q8) + (6-Q9) + (6-Q10) + Q11 + (6-Q12) + (6-Q13)
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score”
PsychometricProperties ofAnti-Drug Attitude Scale
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Average Age / AgeRange / Male (%) / Mean(Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
SAMPLE A
Primary school students / 185 / 12.11 / 10-13 / 48% / 45.02 (3.30) / 0.78
SAMPLE B
Secondary school students / 425 / 13.39 / 11-18 / 51% / 55.63 (7.61) / 0.85
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
2 / Knowledge About Harm of Drug Abuse
Minimum score: 10
Maximum score: 50 / Preventive education and publicity / Non-specific / Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 + Q5 + (6-Q6) + Q7 + Q8 + Q9 + Q10
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score”
PsychometricProperties ofQuestionnaireMeasuringKnowledge about Harm of Drug Abuse
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Average Age / AgeRange / Male (%) / Mean (Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
SAMPLE A
Primary school students / 405 / 9.82 / 7-13 / 52% / 46.10 (7.42) / 0.89
SAMPLE B
Secondary school students / 522 / 13.11 / 11-16 / 51% / 44.88 (6.05) / 0.88
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
3 / Drug Avoidance Self-Efficacy Scale (DASES)
Minimum score: 16
Maximum score: 112 / Preventive education and publicity /
Treatment and rehabilitation / High-risk individuals / Chinese version:
Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + (8-Q4) + Q5 + Q6 + Q7 + (8-Q8) + Q9 + (8-Q10) + (8-Q11) + (8-Q12) + Q13 + Q14 + Q15 + Q16
English version:
Q1 + (8-Q2) + Q3 + (8-Q4) + Q5 + Q6 + (8-Q7) + (8-Q8) + Q9 + (8-Q10) + (8-Q11) + (8-Q12) + Q13 + Q14 + Q15 + (8-Q16)
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score”
PsychometricProperties of Drug Avoidance Self-Efficacy Scale
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Average Age / AgeRange / Male (%) / Mean (Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
SAMPLE A
High-risk Youths / 527 / 16.24 / 11-25 / 79% / 85.44 (21.95) / 0.89
SAMPLE B
Drug Abusers / 80 / 22.24 / 15-32 / 44% / 75.26 (19.63) / 0.86
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
4 / Drug Refusal Self-Efficacy
Minimum score: 2
Maximum score: 10 / Preventive education and publicity / High-risk individuals / (The lowest score found in item A to G of Question 1) + 6 – (The highest score found in item A to G of Question 2)
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score”
PsychometricProperties of Questionnaire Measuring Drug Refusal Self-Efficacy
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Average Age / AgeRange / Male (%) / Mean (Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
Secondary school students / 31 / 14.81 / 14-17 / 48% / 7.90 (1.89) / 0.78
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
5 / Frequency of Drug Use in the Past 30 Days
Minimum score: 0
Maximum score: no limit / Treatment and rehabilitation / Drug abusers / Rehabilitees / 1. Calculate the frequency of drug use for each type of drug in the past 30 days
2. Sum up the number of drug use incidence (of each drug type) to obtain the final score
e.g. For a respondent who tried Cannabis twice (2 times), used Ketamine twice every week and used Ecstasy once every day over the past 30 days, the final score is 2 + (2 ÷ 7 x 30) + (1 x 30) = 40.57
Reduction in drug use indicated by a positive value of “Pre-test score – Post-test score”
6 / Frequency of Drug Use in the Past 3 Months
Minimum score: 0
Maximum score: no limit / Treatment and rehabilitation / Drug abusers / Rehabilitees / 1. Calculate the frequency of drug use for each type of drug in the past 91 days
2. Sum up the number of drug use incidence (of each drug type) to obtain the final score
e.g. For a respondent who tried Cannabis twice (2 times), used Ketamine twice every week and used Ecstasy once every day over the past 30 days, the final score is 2 + (2 ÷ 7 x 91) + (1 x 91) = 119
Reduction in drug use indicated by a positive value of “Pre-test score – Post-test score”
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
7 / Frequency of Drug Use in the Past 6 Months
Minimum score: 0
Maximum score: no limit / Treatment and rehabilitation / Drug abusers / Rehabilitees / 1. Calculate the frequency of drug use for each type of drug in the past 182 days
2. Sum up the number of drug use incidence (of each drug type) to obtain the final score
e.g. For a respondent who tried Cannabis twice (2 times), used Ketamine twice every week and used Ecstasy once every day over the past 30 days, the final score is 2 + (2 ÷ 7 x 182) + (1 x 182) = 236
Reduction in drug use indicated by a positive value of “Pre-test score – Post-test score”
8 / Preventive or Publicity Events Evaluation Questionnaire / Preventive education and publicity / Non-specific / Frequency count for each question item
Perceived effectiveness of activity indicated by a value of “1” or “2” in Question No. 1 and Question No. 3
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
9 / Treatment Needs/
Motivation Scales
(TCU MOTForm)
Five subscales:
1. Problem recognition (PR) subscale
Min: 10 Max: 50
2. Desire for help (DH) subscale
Min: 10 Max: 50
3. Treatment readiness (TR) subscale:
Min: 10 Max: 50
4. Pressures for treatment (PT) subscale:
Min: 10 Max: 50
5. Treatment needs (TN) subscale:
Min: 10 Max: 50 / Treatment and rehabilitation / Drug abusers / Rehabilitees / Problem recognition (PR) subscale: 10 x average score of Q5, Q8, Q10, Q11, Q16, Q20, Q24, Q28, Q33
Desire for help (DH) subscale: 10 x average score of Q1, Q12, Q13, Q22, Q26, Q30
Treatment readiness (TR) subscale: 10 x average score of Q2, Q4, (6-Q6), Q18, Q21, (6-Q25), (6-Q27), (6-Q35)
Pressures for treatment (PT) subscale: 10 x average score of Q3, Q9, Q14, Q17, Q29, Q32, Q34
Treatment Needs (TN) subscale: 10 x average score of Q7, Q15, Q19, Q23, Q31
Overall treatment needs and treatment motivation denoted by the sum of 5 subscale scores
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score” for each subscale
Overall improvement represented by the sum of “Post-test score – Pre-test score” for all subscales
PsychometricProperties ofTreatment Needs/Motivation Scales
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Average Age / AgeRange / Male (%) / Mean (Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
Drug Abusers / 62 / 26.57 / 19-35 / 52% / 43.92 (4.83)
40.03 (5.40) / 0.61 (DH subscale) 0.66 (TR subscale)
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
10(a) / Parent’s Rating on Family / Parenting Skills Training Activities
Minimum score: 1
Maximum score: 4 / Preventive education and publicity / Parents / Average score of Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6
Perceived effectiveness of activity indicated by anaverage score that fall within the range of 3 to 4
PsychometricProperties of Questionnaire Measuring Parent’s Rating on Family / Parenting Skills Training Activities
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Average Age / AgeRange / Male (%) / Mean (Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
Parents / 348 / 38.84 / 26-64 / 16% / 3.45 (0.46) / 0.89
10(b) / Parent’s Rating on Anti-drug Awareness Training Activities
Minimum score: 1
Maximum score: 4 / Preventive education and publicity / Parents / Average score of Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
Perceived effectiveness of activity indicated by anaverage score that fall within the range of 3 to 4
Psychometric Properties of Questionnaire Measuring Parent’s Rating on Anti-drug Awareness Training Activities
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Average Age / AgeRange / Male (%) / Mean (Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
Parents / 348 / 38.84 / 26-64 / 16% / 3.53 (0.58) / 0.86
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction / Evaluation Question Set / Description
11 / Chinese Drug Involvement Scale
(C-DIS)
Minimum score: 22
Maximum score: 132 / Preventive education and publicity /
Treatment and rehabilitation / High-risk individuals / Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 + Q5 + Q6 + Q7 + Q8 + Q9 + Q10 + Q11 + Q12 + (7-Q13) + (7-Q14) + (7-Q15) + Q16 + Q17 + Q18 + (7-Q19) + (7-Q20) + (7-Q21) + (7-Q22)
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Pre-test score – Post-test score”
PsychometricProperties of Chinese Drug Involvement Scale
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Average Age / AgeRange / Male (%) / Mean (Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
High-risk
Youths / 70 / 16.94 / 14-24 / 47% / 46.04 (16.44) / 0.89
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
12 / Adolescent Relapse Coping Questionnaire (ARCQ)
Five items (Q2-Q6) can be used for initial appraisal of relapse risk or assessment of treatment process / Treatment and rehabilitation / Drug abusers / Rehabilitees / Ability to cope with high risk situation (Q2): Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Pre-test score – Post-test score”
Desire for drug use in high risk situation (Q3): Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Pre-test score – Post-test score”
Relapse risk in high risk situation (Q4): Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Pre-test score – Post-test score”
Importance of drug abstinence in high risk situation (Q5): Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score”
Chance of successful abstinence in high risk situation (Q6): Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score”
Grantee interested in the full scale (28 items) may refer to the following webpage:
13 / Contemplation Ladder
Minimum score: 0
Maximum score: 10 / Treatment and rehabilitation / Drug abusers / Rehabilitees / Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score”
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
14 / Stimulant Relapse Risk Scale (SRRS)
Five subscales:
1. Anxiety and intention to use drug(AI) subscale
Min: 1 Max: 5
2. Emotionality problems(EP) subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5
3. Compulsivity for drug(CD) subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5
4. Positive expectancies and lack of control over drug(PL) subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5
5. Lack of negative expectancy for the drug(NE) subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5
Lie scale:
Insight into one’s own drug problem:
Min: 1 Max: 5 / Treatment and rehabilitation / Drug abusers / Rehabilitees / Anxiety and intention to use drug (Al) subscale: Average score of Q1, Q2, Q6, (6-Q12), Q22, Q27, Q33, Q35
Emotionality problems (EP) subscale: Average score of Q3, Q5, Q7, Q10, Q16, Q19, Q23, Q25
Compulsivity for drug (CD) subscale: Average score of Q8, Q28, Q31, Q34
Positive expectancies and lack of control over drug (PL) subscale: Average score of Q18, Q20, Q24, Q29, Q30, Q32
Lack of negative expectancy for the drug (NE) subscale: Average score of (6-Q9), (6-Q14), (6-Q17), (6-Q21)
Overall stimulant relapse risk denoted by the sum of 5 subscale scores
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score” for each subscale
Overall improvement represented by the sum of “Post-test score – Pre-test score” for all subscales
Insight into one’s own drug problem (lie scale): Average score of (6-Q4), (6-Q11), (6-Q13), (6-Q15), Q26
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
14(a) / 27-item Stimulant Relapse Risk Scale–Chinese Version (27-item SRRS-C)
Six subscales:
1. Intention to use drug(IU) subscale
Min: 1 Max: 5
2. Emotionality problems(EP) subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5
3. Compulsivity for drug(CD) subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5
4. Positive expectancies for drug (PE) subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5
5. Impetus and confidence to avoid drug (IC)subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5
6. Lack of control over drug (LC) subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5 / Treatment and rehabilitation / Drug abusers / Rehabilitees / Intention to use drug (lU) subscale: Average score of Q1, Q2, Q3
Emotionality problems (EP) subscale: Average score of Q4, Q5, Q13, Q14
Compulsivity for drug (CD) subscale: Average score of Q6, Q19, Q20, Q23, Q25, Q26, Q27
Positive expectancies for drug (PE) subscale: Average score of Q21, Q22, Q24
Impetus and confidence to avoid drug (IC) subscale: Average score of (6-Q7), (6-Q8), (6-Q9), Q10, (6-Q11), (6-Q12), (6-Q16)
Lack of control over drug (LC) subscale: Average score of Q15, Q17, Q18
Overall stimulant relapse risk denoted by the meanscore of 6 subscales
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score” for each subscale
Overall improvement represented by the sum of “Post-test score – Pre-test score” for all subscales
Psychometric Properties of Stimulant Relapse Risk Scale–Chinese Version
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Average Age / AgeRange / Male (%) / Mean (Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
Rehabiliteesor
Ex-drug Abusers / 276 / 35.62 / 16-63 / 87% / 2.47 (0.55) (Overall)
2.59 (0.86) (IU subscale)
3.08 (0.74) (EP subscale)
2.46 (1.02) (CD subscale)
2.65 (0.82) (PE subscale)
2.14 (0.59) (IC subscale)
2.52 (0.70) (LC subscale) / 0.92 (Overall)
0.81 (IU subscale)
0.69 (EP subscale)
0.89 (CD subscale)
0.79 (PE subscale)
0.79 (IC subscale)
0.76 (LC subscale)
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
15 / Perceived Risks Associated with Drug Abuse – Primary School Student Version
Minimum score: 7
Maximum score: 35 / Preventive education and publicity / Primary school students / Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 + Q5 + Q6 + Q7
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score”
Psychometric Properties of Questionnaire Measuring Primary School Student’s Perceived Risks Associated with Drug Abuse
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Mean (Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
Primary school students / 236 / 33.13 (2.52) / 0.72
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
16 / Perceived Risks Associated with Drug Abuse – Secondary School Student Version
Minimum score: 12
Maximum score: 60 / Preventive education and publicity / Secondary school students / Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 + Q5 + Q6 + Q7 + Q8 + Q9 + Q10 + Q11 + Q12
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score”
Psychometric Properties of QuestionnaireMeasuringSecondary School Student’s Perceived Risks Associated with Drug Abuse
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Mean (Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
Secondary school students / 230 / 51.86 (7.06) / 0.91
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
17 / Permissive Attitude Towards Drug Abuse – Primary School Student Version
Minimum score: 8
Maximum score: 40 / Preventive education and publicity / Primary school students / Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 + Q5 + Q6 + Q7 + Q8
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Pre-test score – Post-test score”
Psychometric Properties of Questionnaire Measuring Primary School Student’s Permissive Attitude Towards Drug Abuse
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Mean (Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
Primary school students / 239 / 10.43 (4.01) / 0.79
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
18 / Permissive Attitude Towards Drug Abuse – Secondary School Student Version
Minimum score: 21
Maximum score: 105 / Preventive education and publicity / Secondary school students / Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 + Q5 + Q6 + Q7 + Q8 + Q9 + Q10 + Q11 + Q12 + Q13 + Q14 + Q15 + Q16 + Q17 + Q18 + Q19 + Q20 + Q21
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Pre-test score – Post-test score”
Psychometric Properties of Questionnaire Measuring Secondary School Student’s Permissive Attitude Towards Drug Abuse
Respondent Type / Sample Size / Mean (Standard Deviation) / Cronbach’s alpha
Secondary school students / 227 / 85.84 (16.06) / 0.94
Evaluation Question Set / Description / Project Nature / Target / Scoring Instruction
19 / Ability to Identify Drug Abusers at an Early Stage
Minimum score: 7
Maximum score: 35 / Preventive education and publicity / Parents / Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 + Q5 + Q6 + Q7
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score”
20 / Capacity to Support Drug Abusing Family Members
Minimum score: 9
Maximum score: 45 / Treatment and rehabilitation / Family members of drug abusers / Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 + Q5 + Q6 + Q7+ Q8 + Q9
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score”
21 / Participant’s Rating on Anti-drug Professional Training Activities
Minimum score: 1
Maximum score: 5 / Treatment and rehabilitation / Participants of Anti-drug Professional Training Activities / Average score of Q1 + Q2 + Q3
Perceived effectiveness of training activity indicated by anaverage score that exceed 3 (refer to the above formula) or a value of “4” or “5” in Question No. 4
22 / Participant’s Acceptance of Rehabilitees and Treatment and Rehabilitation services or facilities
Two subscales:
1. Acceptance of rehabilitees(AR) subscale
Min: 1 Max: 5
2. Acceptance of Treatment and Rehabilitation services or facilities (AT&RS) subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5 / Treatment and rehabilitation / General public / Acceptance of Rehabilitees (AR) subscale:
Average score of Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 and Q5
Acceptance of Treatment and Rehabilitation services or facilities (AT&RS) subscale:
Average score of Q6 and Q7
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Pre-test score – Post-test score” for each subscale
Overall improvement represented by the sum of “Pre-test score – Post-test score” for the two subscales
23 / Employment Readiness Questionnaire
Five subscales:
1. Career orientation(CO) subscale
Min: 1 Max: 5
2. Career planning and beliefs (CPB) subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5
3. Job seeking skills(JSS) subscale
Min: 1 Max: 5
4. Work attitude (WAtt) subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5
5. Work adaptability (WAdap) subscale:
Min: 1 Max: 5 / Treatment and rehabilitation / Rehabilitees or
Ex-drug Abusers / Career orientation(CO) subscale:
Average score of Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6, Q7 and Q8
Career planning and beliefs (CPB) subscale:
Average score of Q9, Q10, Q11, Q12, Q13, Q14, Q15, Q16, Q17 and Q18
Job seeking skills(JSS) subscale:
Average score of Q19, Q20, Q21, Q22, Q23, Q24, Q25, Q26, Q27 and Q28
Work attitude (WAtt)subscale:
Average score of Q29, Q30, Q31, Q32, Q33, Q34, Q35, Q36, Q37, Q38, Q39, Q40, Q41, Q42, Q43 and Q44
Work adaptability (WAdap) subscale:
Average score of Q45, Q46, Q47, Q48, Q49and (6-Q50)
Positive change indicated by a positive value of “Post-test score – Pre-test score” for each subscale
Overall improvement represented by the sum of “Post-test score – Pre-test score” for the five subscales
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Revised: 26April2016