Abstract
The assessment of adolescent drinking behavior is a complex task, complicated by variability in drinking patterns, the transitory and developmental nature of the behavior and the reliance (for large scale studies) on self-report questionnaires. The Adolescent Alcohol Involvement Scale (Mayer & Filstead, 1979) is a 14-item screening tool designed to help to identify alcohol misusers or more problematic drinkers. The present study utilized a large sample (n = 4066) adolescents from Northern Ireland. Results of Confirmatory Factor Analyses and reliability estimates revealed that the 14-items share sufficient common variance that scores can be considered to be reliable and that the 14 items can be scored to provide a composite alcohol use score.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 177-178 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of Substance Use |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 26 Dec 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Adolescent Alcohol Involvement Scale
- alcohol
- confirmatory factor analysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Health(social science)