A COCAINE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES CHECKLIST - DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION

Awareness of negative consequences of cocaine use is theoretically imp ortant for motivation for treatment and relapse prevention. This study reports on the development of an instrument designed to assess cocain e users' self-reported negative consequences of cocaine use. Two sampl es of cocaine users in treatment for substance abuse completed the Coc aine Negative Consequences Checklist (CNCC). The measure, which is uni dimensional in nature with four content area subscales that may be sco red, was found to possess excellent reliability across the two samples . The convergent and discriminant validity of the CNCC was supported b y the pattern of relationships with other measures of cocaine conseque nces, cocaine use, the Addiction Severity Index, and with demographic measures. Further research is needed on the utility of this measure in treatment and research.