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  3. Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS)

Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS)

The Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS) is a 5-item questionnaire that measures an individual’s craving to drink alcohol in the past week.

ITEM CODING

Each item is scored on a scale from 0 to 6.

SCALES

RESOURCE FILES

PACS Questionnaire

R Scoring Syntax file

REFERENCES

Flannery, B. A., Volpicelli, J. R., & Pettinati, H. M. (1999). Psychometric properties of the Penn alcohol craving scale. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 23(8), 1289-1295.

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