July 9, 2024Journal of Counseling & DevelopmentOpen Access

Psychometric synthesis of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

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YCYutong ChenJilin University LWLeAnn WillsAustin Peay State University HWHannah WiseVanderbilt University

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Psychometric synthesis reveals strong reliability and lower optimal cutoff scores for the AUDIT in screened populations, highlighting improved early detection of alcohol use disorders.

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A revised cutoff score of 6/7 provides optimal diagnostic validity for the AUDIT instrument, identifying hazardous drinking earlier than the previously recommended threshold of 8.
The scale demonstrated strong internal consistency of α = 0.817 across n = 247,963, and strong convergent validity against other established measures of alcohol use disorder.
Psychometric analysis demonstrates superior structural validity for a two-factor model, supporting recalibrated score cutoffs to optimize early alcohol use disorder interventions.

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Chen et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e60e52b6db6435875a19f4 https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12531

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Psychometric synthesis reveals strong reliability and lower optimal cutoff scores for the AUDIT in screened populations, highlighting improved early detection of alcohol use disorders.

Psychometric synthesis of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

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Psychometric synthesis of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

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