Department of Psychology.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences.
Psychol Addict Behav. 2022 Nov;36(7):824-836. doi: 10.1037/adb0000789. Epub 2021 Oct 14.
The Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (YAACQ) was designed to measure the various domains of alcohol-related problems experienced by emerging adults (EAs), but has primarily been used in college samples and it remains unclear whether the psychometric properties of the YAACQ function similarly in racially and economically diverse populations. The present study assessed the factor structure and evaluated measurement invariance, latent mean differences, and correlates of the 48-item eight-factor YAACQ across college status, race, and childhood socioeconomic status (SES).
EAs ages 21.5-25 ( = 602; 57.3% female, 47.0% White, 41.5 % Black, 35.4% noncollege EAs) who consumed 3/4 + alcoholic beverages (for women/men) at least twice in the previous month completed measures of alcohol use, alcohol-related consequences and demographics.
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the 48-item eight-factor structure across the entire sample. However, one item related to academic achievement was predictably endorsed by few noncollege EAs and thus, was dropped. Multiple-group CFA demonstrated measurement invariance of a revised 47-item eight-factor YAACQ across college status, race, and childhood SES. Assessment of latent mean differences revealed that noncollege EAs reported more alcohol-related consequences overall, compared to college students, including greater endorsement of severe problem domains. White EAs reported more total alcohol-related consequences relative to Black EAs, and EAs of low childhood SES reported more total alcohol-related consequences compared to those of high childhood SES. Furthermore, all eight alcohol consequence factors demonstrated concurrent associations with weekly alcohol use, binge drinking, and high intensity drinking within each subgroup.
Findings suggest that the YAACQ is a psychometrically robust measure of alcohol-related consequences across demographic groups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
《青少年酒精后果问卷》（YAACQ）旨在衡量成年早期（EA）经历的各种与酒精相关的问题领域，但主要用于大学生样本，目前尚不清楚 YAACQ 的心理测量特性是否在种族和经济多样化的人群中同样有效。本研究评估了 48 项 8 因素 YAACQ 的因子结构，并评估了其在大学生状态、种族和儿童社会经济地位（SES）方面的测量不变性、潜在均值差异和相关性。
年龄在 21.5-25 岁之间的 EA（n=602；57.3%女性，47.0%白人，41.5%黑人，35.4%非大学生 EA），过去一个月至少两次饮用 3/4+酒精饮料（女性/男性），完成了酒精使用、酒精相关后果和人口统计学的测量。
验证性因素分析（CFA）支持整个样本的 48 项 8 因素结构。然而，一项与学业成绩相关的项目可预测地被少数非大学生 EA 认可，因此被删除。多组 CFA 表明，经过修订的 47 项 8 因素 YAACQ 在大学生状态、种族和儿童 SES 方面具有测量不变性。潜在均值差异的评估表明，非大学生 EA 总体上报告了更多的与酒精相关的后果，与大学生相比，包括更严重的问题领域的认可。与黑人 EA 相比，白人 EA 报告了更多的与酒精相关的总后果，而 SES 较低的 EA 报告了与 SES 较高的 EA 相比，更多的与酒精相关的总后果。此外，在每个亚组中，所有 8 个酒精后果因素都与每周饮酒、 binge 饮酒和高强度饮酒表现出同时的关联。
研究结果表明，YAACQ 是一种跨人口群体测量酒精相关后果的心理测量学上可靠的工具。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。
