Measurement invariance of the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire across college status, race, and childhood SES in a diverse community sample
| Autor: | James G. Murphy, James MacKillop, Kevin W. Campbell, Kinsey Pebley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Adult Universities Psychometrics Alcohol Drinking Medicine (miscellaneous) Binge drinking PsycINFO Academic achievement Young Adult Race (biology) Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Measurement invariance Young adult Child Students Socioeconomic status Alcohol Drinking in College Confirmatory factor analysis Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Social Class Female Psychology Alcohol-Related Disorders Demography |
| Zdroj: | Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 36:824-836 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1501 0893-164X |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE The Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (YAACQ) was designed to measure the various domains of alcohol-related problems experienced by emerging adults (EAs), but has primarily been used in college samples and it remains unclear whether the psychometric properties of the YAACQ function similarly in racially and economically diverse populations. The present study assessed the factor structure and evaluated measurement invariance, latent mean differences, and correlates of the 48-item eight-factor YAACQ across college status, race, and childhood socioeconomic status (SES). METHOD EAs ages 21.5-25 (N = 602; 57.3% female, 47.0% White, 41.5 % Black, 35.4% noncollege EAs) who consumed 3/4 + alcoholic beverages (for women/men) at least twice in the previous month completed measures of alcohol use, alcohol-related consequences and demographics. RESULTS Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the 48-item eight-factor structure across the entire sample. However, one item related to academic achievement was predictably endorsed by few noncollege EAs and thus, was dropped. Multiple-group CFA demonstrated measurement invariance of a revised 47-item eight-factor YAACQ across college status, race, and childhood SES. Assessment of latent mean differences revealed that noncollege EAs reported more alcohol-related consequences overall, compared to college students, including greater endorsement of severe problem domains. White EAs reported more total alcohol-related consequences relative to Black EAs, and EAs of low childhood SES reported more total alcohol-related consequences compared to those of high childhood SES. Furthermore, all eight alcohol consequence factors demonstrated concurrent associations with weekly alcohol use, binge drinking, and high intensity drinking within each subgroup. CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that the YAACQ is a psychometrically robust measure of alcohol-related consequences across demographic groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved). |
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