Keough Matthew T, O'Connor Roisin M, Read Jennifer P
Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Department of Psychology, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 May;40(5):1093-9. doi: 10.1111/acer.13039. Epub 2016 Apr 6.
Undergraduate students experience diverse problems because of alcohol use. Accordingly, the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (YAACQ) was developed to assess multiple domains of alcohol-related problems. A preliminary psychometric evaluation in a U.S. college sample showed support for 8 factors that were invariant across gender and that loaded onto a single higher-order alcohol-related problems factor. Supporting concurrent validity, this preliminary work also found that YAACQ total scores correlated with heavy alcohol use. While these results are promising, the factor structure of the YAACQ has yet to be replicated. This goal of this study was to test the psychometrics of the YAACQ in a large Canadian student sample. Invariance across gender, year of study, place of residence, and relative drinking level was examined. Correlations between the YAACQ subscales and alcohol use measures were investigated to test concurrent validity.
Students (N = 1,103, 80% women) completed online self-reports.
Results from a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported an 8-factor lower-order structure, with all factors loading onto a single higher-order alcohol-related problems factor. Multigroup CFAs supported measurement invariance across gender, year of study, place of residence, and relative drinking level. YAACQ subscales were positively correlated with weekly alcohol use and binge drinking.
Our study provides an important replication of the psychometrics of the YAACQ in a new sample, and we extend previous work by presenting novel tests of measurement invariance across meaningful groups in young adulthood. Overall, our study suggests that the 48-item YAACQ is a valid measure of alcohol-related problems in Canadian students.
由于饮酒，本科生面临各种问题。因此，开发了青年成人酒精后果问卷（YAACQ）来评估与酒精相关问题的多个领域。在美国大学生样本中的初步心理测量学评估显示，支持8个跨性别不变的因素，这些因素加载到一个单一的高阶酒精相关问题因素上。为支持同时效度，这项初步工作还发现YAACQ总分与大量饮酒相关。虽然这些结果很有前景，但YAACQ的因素结构尚未得到重复验证。本研究的目的是在一个大型加拿大学生样本中测试YAACQ的心理测量学特性。检验了跨性别、学习年份、居住地点和相对饮酒水平的不变性。研究了YAACQ子量表与酒精使用测量之间的相关性，以检验同时效度。
学生（N = 1103，80%为女性）完成在线自我报告。
验证性因素分析（CFA）的结果支持一个8因素低阶结构，所有因素都加载到一个单一的高阶酒精相关问题因素上。多组CFA支持跨性别、学习年份、居住地点和相对饮酒水平的测量不变性。YAACQ子量表与每周饮酒量和暴饮呈正相关。
我们的研究在一个新样本中对YAACQ的心理测量学特性进行了重要的重复验证，并且通过对青年期有意义群体的测量不变性进行新的测试扩展了先前的工作。总体而言，我们的研究表明，48项的YAACQ是加拿大学生酒精相关问题的有效测量工具。
