Journal article
Factor Structure Validation of the Alcohol Dependence Scale in a Heavy Drinking College Sample
Abstract
The prevalence of alcohol use disorders in college students necessitates that adequate measures exist to assess students for abuse and dependence. The Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS) is a continuous measure of the severity of alcohol involvement found to have a unidimensional factor structure in clinical samples. The latent factor structure of the ADS in college drinkers has not been examined and this study sought to replicate unidimensionality. …
Authors
Murphy CM; MacKillop J
Journal
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 523–530
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2011
DOI
10.1007/s10862-011-9239-4
ISSN
0882-2689