Humphreys K, Kaskutas L A, Weisner C
Center for Health Care Evaluation, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1998 Aug;22(5):974-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03691.x.
Affiliation with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an important variable to measure in many clinical and research activities. This paper reports on the development of an AA affiliation scale, and demonstrates its utility in a sample of 927 alcohol treatment seekers and 674 untreated problem drinkers. The scale is short (9 items), covers a range of AA experiences, and is internally consistent across diverse demographic groups, multiple health services settings, and treated and untreated populations. The validity of the scale is supported by the findings that treatment seekers report significantly higher AA affiliation than do untreated problem drinkers, and inpatients report higher affiliation than outpatients. Potential clinical and research applications of the scale are proposed.
与戒酒互助会（AA）的联系是许多临床和研究活动中需要衡量的一个重要变量。本文报告了一种AA联系量表的编制情况，并在927名寻求酒精治疗者和674名未接受治疗的问题饮酒者样本中展示了该量表的效用。该量表简短（9个项目），涵盖了一系列与AA相关的经历，并且在不同的人口群体、多种医疗服务环境以及接受治疗和未接受治疗的人群中内部一致性良好。寻求治疗者报告的与AA的联系显著高于未接受治疗的问题饮酒者，住院患者报告的联系高于门诊患者，这些研究结果支持了该量表的有效性。文中还提出了该量表在临床和研究方面的潜在应用。
