“…The tests selected have been used in previous studies with HIV-positive users of alcohol, marijuana and cocaine (Di Sclafani, TolouShams, Price, & Fein, 2002;Durvasula et al, 2001;Mason et al, 1998;Messinis, Kyprianidou, Malefaki, & Papathanasopoulos, 2006; and have well-developed norms, high reliability and high validity Bono et al, 1996;. Raw NC scores were analyzed; unadjusted NC measures provide better ecological validity when scores are not intended to diagnose "impairment" in the sample White, 1996;) is primarily a measure of attention, cognitive flexibility, information processing, and psychomotor speed.…”