@article{ref1,
title="Confirmatory factor analyses of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) among adolescents treated in emergency departments",
journal="Journal of studies on alcohol",
year="2001",
author="Kelly, T. M. and Donovan, J. E.",
volume="62",
number="6",
pages="838-842",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is a 10-item instrument designed by the World Health Organization to assess problematic drinking. The objective of this study was to conduct confirmatory factor analysis of the AUDIT in a sample of adolescents and young adults who were treated in emergency departments. METHOD: Adolescents and young adults (N= 103, 55 males), ranging in age from 12 to 20.9 years (mean [SD] age = 17.5 [2.1]), completed the AUDIT. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted using LISREL 8.20 software to test the one-factor, two-factor and three-factor solutions for the AUDIT reported in the literature. RESULTS: Goodness-of-fit indices indicated that a correlated two-factor solution, consisting of a consumption factor and an alcohol-related-problems factor, provides the best fit to the data. The three-factor solution fits the data equally well, but Factor 2 (dependency) and Factor 3 (problems) correlate 1.00. The one-factor solution did not provide a good fit to the data. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings support those of others who have reported that the AUDIT assesses a consumption factor and an alcohol-related problems factor among primary care patients at risk for problematic drinking behavior.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0096-882X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}