the primary factor underlying the AUI scales. Early research (Skinner & Allen, 1982; Morey et al., 1984) found that the ADS correlated with greater social consequences of drinking, greater psychopathology and health problems, and an increased likelihood of treatment noncompliance. However, as it is typically used in such research, the total ADS score still represents dependence severity as an additive model of consequences, as this score is simply the number of items endorsed by the participant. Although perhaps better articulated than the DSM-IV approach, the ADS also essentially implies that individuals with the most severe alcohol problems are those with the largest number of consequences.
