Table 2.

Weighted item proportions (%) and factor loadings for alcohol-dependence symptoms^a

Item	%	Loading
My hands shook a lot in the morning after drinking.	3.1	.79
I needed more alcohol than I used to, to get the same effect as before.	3.8	.81
Sometimes I have awakened during the night or early morning sweating all over because of drinking.	2.4	.78
Once I started drinking it was difficult for me to stop before I became completely intoxicated.	4.4	.81
I sometimes kept on drinking after I had promised myself not to.	8.6	.90
I deliberately tried to cut down or quit drinking, but I was unable to do so.	5.8	.91
I started drinking even though I hadn't intended to.	12.9	.82
I wanted to cut down or quit drinking.	11.9	.91
I found that the same amount of drinking had much less effect than it used to.	7.1	.82
I have give up or reduced important work or social activities for my drinking.	1.7	.91
I have given up or neglected pleasures or interests in favor of drinking.	2.4	.92
I spend a lot of my time on drinking or getting over the effects of drinking or doing things to get alcohol.	1.6	.97
I kept on drinking although I knew I had a health problem caused by or made worse by my drinking.	3.6	.90
I kept on drinking although I felt that my drinking was giving me psychological or emotional problems.	3.4	.94
I saw, felt, or heard things that weren't really there when the effects of drinking were wearing off.	1.7	.78

^a χ ² = 88.8, 42 df, root mean square residual = .06.