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

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 50-56

  Peng, Chun Zi ^a   Wilsnack, Richard W ^a   Kristjanson, Arlinda F ^a   Benson, Perry ^a   Wilsnack, Sharon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

AUDIT; Factor structure; Gender difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN INFORMATION CRITERIA; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FACTOR STRUCTURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84861884019     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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