Measuring alcohol use across the transition to adulthood: Racial/ethnic, sexual identity, and educational differences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patterns of alcohol use change from adolescence to adulthood and may differ based on race/ethnicity, sexual identity, and education. If alcohol use measures do not operate consistently across groups and developmental periods, parameter estimates and conclusions may be biased.

Objectives

To test the measurement invariance of a multi-item alcohol use measure across groups defined by race/ethnicity, sexual identity, and college education during the transition to adulthood.

Methods

Using three waves from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we tested configural, metric, and scalar invariance of a 3-item alcohol use measure for groups defined by race/ethnicity, sexual identity, and college education at three points during the transition

SUBMITTER: Fish JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5701868 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature