Reliability Generalization of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test

The present study evaluated the reliability of scores from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a reliability generalization study. This reliability generalization had two primary goals: (a) to characterize the typical reliability of scores for the AUDIT, and (b) to examine facto...

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Published in:Educational and psychological measurement 2003-06, Vol.63 (3), p.404-413
Main Authors: Shields, Alan L., Caruso, John C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcoholism
Biological and medical sciences
Drinking
Generalization
Medical sciences
Meta Analysis
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reliability
Statistical methods
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Summary:The present study evaluated the reliability of scores from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a reliability generalization study. This reliability generalization had two primary goals: (a) to characterize the typical reliability of scores for the AUDIT, and (b) to examine factors that may be related to the reliability of AUDIT scores. The median internal consistency reliability across 24 samples was .81, with a range of .59 to .91. Results suggest that the AUDIT is capable of generating generally reliable scores across some varied sample conditions. After controlling for score variability, no sample characteristic was a statistically significantly predictor of score reliability and effects were small. Only 17 of 104 empirical journal articles contained adequate psychometric information to be included in the present study.
ISSN:0013-1644
1552-3888
DOI:10.1177/0013164403063003004