Psychometric Validation of the Brief Alcohol Social Density Assessment in an Adult Community Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals' social networks exert a strong influence on alcohol use, but valid assessment of network drinking behavior is typically lengthy and high in participant burden. The aim of this study was to validate the Brief Alcohol Social Density Assessment (BASDA), an efficient measure of perceived alcohol use within a person's social network, in a sample of adult drinkers from the general community. Specifically, the convergent, criterion-related, incremental validity and internal validity were investigated by examining the BASDA in relation to other established measures of drinking motives, weekly drinking level, and severity of involvement.

Methods

Participants were 903 (56% female) adults who reported drinking in the last year and who completed the BASDA, the Dr

SUBMITTER: Levitt EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7318108 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature