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July 8, 2026FireOpen Access

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and the Revised, Short-Form Drinking Motives Questionnaire Among Firefighters

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MZMaya ZegelAVAnka A. VujanovicMGMatthew W. Gallagher

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Overview

Randomized trial explores factor structure of alcohol measures in firefighters, suggesting coping influences drinking.

Key Points

  • This study aims to examine the validity of alcohol use measures in firefighters to better understand their drinking behaviors.
  • Conducted confirmatory factor analyses on AUDIT and DMQ-R-SF among 679 career firefighters.
  • Included participants with any reported lifetime alcohol use and completed relevant measures.
  • Utilized structural equation modeling to evaluate relationships between drinking motives and alcohol use.
  • Confirmatory factor analyses supported the three-factor structure of AUDIT and four-factor structure of DMQ-R-SF.
  • Coping-motivated alcohol use was positively associated with all AUDIT subscales: hazardous consumption, dependence symptoms, and harmful consequences.
  • Conformity-motivated alcohol use showed an inverse relationship with hazardous consumption.

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Zegel et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4de93fd2ea289ef62837e7https://doi.org/10.3390/fire9070282
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