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Monday, July 30, 2007

The Factor Structure and Concurrent Validity of the Alcohol use Disorder Identification Test Based on a Nationally Representative UK Sample
Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access published online on July 28, 2007

To assess the psychometric structure and construct validity of the alcohol use disorder identification test (AUDIT) in a Great Britain population sample.

A two factor solution was deemed to appropriately fit the data, measuring alcohol consumption and alcohol related problems. Correlations between the two factors on demographic, wellbeing, neurosis and psychosis symptomology were significantly different.

The two factor solution suggests an advantage to investigating factor specific cut off scores for both consumption and alcohol related problems given their difference in predictive validity on both health and demographic variables.

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