Gender differences in the factor structure of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test in multinational general population surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most gender-specific studies of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) have focused on gender differences in thresholds for hazardous drinking. This study examines gender differences in the factor structure of the AUDIT in general-population surveys.

Methods

General-population surveys from 15 countries provided 27,478 current drinkers' responses to the AUDIT and related measures. We used single-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to evaluate goodness-of-fit of three hypothesized models for responses to the AUDIT by men and women in each country. Bayesian Information Criteria (BIC) using a maximum likelihood robust (MLR) estimator was evaluated to identify the best fitted model. We then assessed factorial invariance within country surveys where

SUBMITTER: Peng CZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3361583 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature