Psychometric Analysis of Scores on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) with a University Sample

Abstract

This study explored the psychometric characteristics of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) on a sample of 414 university undergraduate students (M age = 19.07, SD = 0.95). Internal consistency (α = .83), external divergent validity, and internal structural validity were adequate; the 2-factor model provided the best fit to the data.

Keywords:

• AUDIT
• Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
• psychometric
• divergent validity
• confirmatory factor analysis

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Julie Sriken

Julie Sriken, MS, is a doctoral student in community research and action, Erin MacInerney, MEd, and Anqi Zhou, MEd, are graduates of, and Bradley T. Erford, PhD, and Heather Smith, PhD, are faculty in the human development counseling program, all in the Department of Human and Organizational Development in the Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. Martin F. Sherman, PhD, is professor emeritus in the Psychology Department at Loyola University Maryland. Dr. Smith is now at New Mexico Highlands University.