The Mortimer-Filkins test of problem drinking: a review of psychometric properties

This paper contains a literature review of the psychometric properties of the Mortimer-Filkins test of problem drinking. The test was devised initially to identify problem drinkers from among drink-driving offenders. It was initially validated against a general population, and has since been used with worksite populations. The test demonstrates high degrees of internal-consistency reliability, test-retest reliability and concurrent validity. It has been shown to be predictive of drink-driver racidivism and the occurrence of work injuries and injury-related absences.