Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island.
Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University.
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2023 Jun;31(3):643-651. doi: 10.1037/pha0000615. Epub 2022 Nov 10.
The Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (BYAACQ) is a widely used measure designed to assess alcohol-related consequences experienced by young adults, but little psychometric work has been done outside of college student populations. The primary goal of this study was to investigate if there were group differences between nonstudents (i.e., those without any postsecondary education) and college students (i.e., currently enrolled in a 4-year institution) on the BYAACQ in terms of (a) the "difficulty" level of a consequence based on endorsement and (b) the association between each consequence and the underlying overall level of consequences. Participants were 724 young adult drinkers ( = 20.40, = 2.19; 58.8% female) who was either a student currently enrolled in a 4-year college ( = 560; 77.3%) or a nonstudent if they had no current or prior college attendance ( = 164; 22.7%) that completed a survey in-person. A confirmatory factor analysis supported the unidimensional structure of the BYAACQ for both students and nonstudents. Differential item functioning (DIF) analyses indicated that six items showed significant DIF in the item difficulty parameters, with college students more likely to experience social- and short-term health-related alcohol consequences, while nonstudents more likely to experience consequences related to impaired control and dependence. Thus, using the latent or sum scores of the entire scale could be problematic, as this overall score is unable to capture specific differences in the types of alcohol consequences experienced between college students and nonstudents. Implications for interventions are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
《简明青少年酒精后果问卷》（BYAACQ）是一种广泛使用的测量工具，旨在评估年轻人所经历的与酒精相关的后果，但在大学生群体之外，其心理测量工作做得很少。本研究的主要目的是调查非学生（即没有任何高等教育背景的人）和大学生（即目前就读于四年制大学的人）在 BYAACQ 上是否存在群体差异，具体表现在：（a）基于认可程度的后果的“难度”水平；（b）每个后果与潜在总体后果水平之间的关联。共有 724 名年轻成年饮酒者（ = 20.40， = 2.19；58.8%为女性）参与了这项研究，他们要么是目前就读于四年制大学的学生（ = 560；77.3%），要么是非学生，如果他们没有当前或之前的大学入学经历（ = 164；22.7%），则通过亲自参与调查。验证性因素分析支持了学生和非学生的 BYAACQ 的单一维度结构。差异项目功能（DIF）分析表明，有六个项目在项目难度参数上存在显著的 DIF，大学生更有可能经历与社交和短期健康相关的酒精后果，而非大学生更有可能经历与控制和依赖受损相关的后果。因此，使用整个量表的潜在或总和分数可能会有问题，因为该总分无法捕捉到大学生和非学生之间所经历的酒精后果类型的具体差异。讨论了干预的意义。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2023 APA，保留所有权利）。
