The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a College Sample

This study was conducted to estimate the psychometric properties of the questionnaire section of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a college sample using DSM-III criteria for alcohol abuse as the criterion standard. This alcohol screening test was developed for the 10 country...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of the addictions 1991-01, Vol.26 (11), p.1173-1185
Hauptverfasser:	Fleming, Michael F., Barry, Kristen L., Macdonald, Roderick
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology Alcohol Drinking - psychology Alcoholism - diagnosis Alcoholism - epidemiology Alcoholism - psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Male Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - statistics & numerical data Psychometrics Reference Values Students - psychology Students - statistics & numerical data Wisconsin - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	This study was conducted to estimate the psychometric properties of the questionnaire section of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a college sample using DSM-III criteria for alcohol abuse as the criterion standard. This alcohol screening test was developed for the 10 country AMETHYST project. In this young adult sample the instrument exhibited a sensitivity of 84 and specificity of. 71 when utilizing the recommended cut-off score of 11. The 10-item questionnaire section of the AUDIT appears to have important advantages over other alcohol screening instruments such as the CAGE and the MAST.
ISSN:	1082-6084 0020-773X 1532-2491
DOI:	10.3109/10826089109062153