The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a College Sample
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in International Journal of the Addictions
- Vol. 26 (11), 1173-1185
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10826089109062153
Abstract
This study was conducted to estimate the psychometric properties of the questionnaire section of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a college sample using DSM-III criteria for alcohol abuse as the criterion standard. This alcohol screening test was developed for the 10 country AMETHYST project. In this young adult sample the instrument exhibited a sensitivity of 84 and specificity of. 71 when utilizing the recommended cut-off score of 11. The 10-item questionnaire section of the AUDIT appears to have important advantages over other alcohol screening instruments such as the CAGE and the MAST.Keywords
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