Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Psychology
Date of Award
8-2008
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Alan L. Shields, Jon B. Ellis
Committee Members
Jodi Polaha
Abstract
The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) is a brief screening instrument for assessing alcohol use problems among adults. This instrument is widely used and continued evaluation of its psychometric performance is needed. Reliability and validity are the primary psychometric characteristics of interest when evaluating psychological instruments. The focus of the present study is on reliability, which reflects the consistency or repeatability of the scores produced by a given instrument. Using meta-analytic methods, results showed that approximately 65% of previously published studies using the AUDIT did not appropriately report reliability estimates. Among the remaining studies, weighted reliability estimate centered on .81 (SD = .07) suggesting that the AUDIT generally produces scores of adequate reliability for most research purposes. Multiple regression equations showed that, among a variety of sample and methodological characteristics, the standard deviation of scores was the only statistically significant predictor of the variability in AUDIT score reliability estimates.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Patel, Chandni, "Reliability Generalization of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test." (2008). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1973. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1973
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.