The clinical validity of the Alcohol Abuse Scale of the Psychological Inventory of Personality and Symptoms was examined on two separate samples, 48 patients from a private psychiatric hospital and 60 from a public psychiatric hospital. Using a T-score cut-off of 70, on the Alcohol Abuse Scale of the Psychological Inventory of Personality and Symptoms, 82% of the private patient sample were correctly identified and 84% of the public hospital patient sample were correctly identified. It was concluded the alcohol abuse scale of the Psychological Inventory of Personality and Symptoms (PIPS) shows some promise as a viable assessment device for identifying alcoholism and alcohol abuse.
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