Psychometric properties of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) across cross-cultural subgroups, genders, and sexual orientations: Findings from the International Sex Survey (ISS)

• DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152427
• Publication Date: 2023-09-23T14:54:43Z
• Authors: Zsolt Horváth; Léna Nagy; Mónika Koós; Shane W. Kraus; Zsolt Demetrovics; Marc N. Potenza; Rafael Ballester-...; Dominik Batthyány; Sophie Bergeron; Joël Billieux; Peer Briken; Julius Burkauskas; Georgina Cárdenas...; Joana Carvalho; Jesús Castro-Calvo; Lijun Chen; Giacomo Ciocca; Ornella Corazza; Rita Csako; David P. Fernandez; Hironobu Fujiwara; Elaine F. Fernandez; Johannes Fuss; Roman Gabrhelík; Ateret Gewirtz-Me...; Biljana Gjoneska; Mateusz Gola; Joshua B. Grubbs; Hashim T. Hashim; Md. Saiful Islam; Mustafa Ismail; Martha C. Jiménez...; Tanja Jurin; Ondrej Kalina; Verena Klein; András Költő; Sang-Kyu Lee; Karol Lewczuk; Chung-Ying Lin; Christine Lochner; Silvia López-Alva...; Kateřina Lukavská; Percy Mayta-Tristán; Dan J. Miller; Oľga Orosová; Gábor Orosz; Fernando P. Ponce; Gonzalo R. Quintana; Gabriel C. Quinte...; Jano Ramos-Diaz; Kévin Rigaud; Ann Rousseau; Marco De Tubino S...; Marion K. Schulmeyer; Pratap Sharan; Mami Shibata; Sheikh Shoib; Vera Sigre-Leirós; Luke Sniewski; Ognen Spasovski; Vesta Steibliene; Dan J. Stein; Julian Strizek; Meng-Che Tsai; Berk C. Ünsal; Marie-Pier Vailla...; Marie Claire Van ...; Beáta Bőthe
• Keywords: Measurement Invariance; Cross-sectional study

Despite being a widely used screening questionnaire, there is no consensus on the most appropriate measurement model for Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Furthermore, have been limited studies its invariance across cross-cultural subgroups, genders, and sexual orientations. The present study aimed to examine fit of different models AUDIT wide range subgroups by country, language, gender, orientation. Responses concerning past-year alcohol use from participants cross-sectional International Sex Survey were considered (N = 62,943; Mage: 32.73; SD 12.59). Confirmatory factor analysis, as well tests performed 21 countries, 14 languages, three four sexual-orientation that met minimum sample size requirement inclusion in these analyses. A two-factor with factors describing 'alcohol use' (items 1–3) problems' 4–10) showed best For former two, scalar latent mean levels reached considering criteria. gender orientation, level was reached. In line model, calculation separate alcohol-use alcohol-problem scores recommended when using AUDIT. high achieved support research, capable also meaningful comparisons among genders