Table 1.
Partially Invariant Alcohol Dependence Measurement Model across Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Caucasians (Uniquenesses Constrained to 1 for both groups)
| Loadings | Thresholds | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbreviated Item Labels | Caucasians | Hispanics | Caucasians | Hispanics | |
| Find Usual Number of Drinks Had Less Effect Than Before | 1.27 | 1.27 | −2.73 | −2.73 | |
| Drink More to Get Wanted Effect | 1.93 | 1.93 | −4.25 | −4.02 | |
| Drink Equivalent of Fifth of Liquor in 1 Day | 1.12 | 1.12 | −2.96 | −2.96 | |
| Increase Because Amount No Longer Gave Desired Effect | 1.95 | 1.95 | −4.62 | −4.62 | |
| More Than Once Want to Stop or Cut Down on Drinking | 1.12 | 1.12 | −2.12 | −1.97 | |
| More Than One Unsuccessful Stop/Cut Down Attempt | 1.35 | 1.35 | −3.74 | −3.31 | |
| Have Period When Ended Up Drinking More Than Intended | 2.09 | 2.09 | −3.06 | −3.47 | |
| Kept Drinking Longer than Intended | 2.05 | 2.05 | −3.25 | −3.62 | |
| Trouble Falling/Staying Asleep When Effects Wearing Off | 1.00 | 1.00 | −2.38 | −2.75 | |
| Shake When Effects Wearing Off | 1.39 | 1.39 | −3.73 | −3.73 | |
| Anxious or Nervous When Effects Wearing Off | 1.49 | 1.49 | −3.78 | −3.78 | |
| Nausea When Effects Wearing Off | 1.36 | 1.36 | −2.35 | −2.35 | |
| Unusually Restless When Effects Wearing Off | 1.36 | 1.36 | −3.16 | −3.16 | |
| Sweat or Heart Beat Fast When Effects Wearing Off | 1.23 | 1.23 | −3.05 | −3.05 | |
| See, Feel, Hear Things When Effects Wearing Off | 1.12 | 1.12 | −2.12 | −1.97 | |
| Fits/Seizures When Effects Wearing Off | 0.94 | 0.94 | −4.28 | −4.28 | |
| Headaches When Effects Wearing Off | 1.21 | 1.21 | −1.95 | −1.95 | |
| Drink/Use Medicine to Get Over Aftereffects | 1.09 | 1.09 | −2.99 | −2.99 | |
| Drink/Use Medicine to Avoid Aftereffects | 1.14 | 1.14 | −3.37 | −3.37 | |
| Period When Spent Lot of Time Drinking | 1.60 | 1.60 | −3.84 | −3.84 | |
| Spent Lot of Time Sick/Getting Over Aftereffects | 1.43 | 1.43 | −4.13 | −4.13 | |
| Give Up/Cut Down Important Activities to Drink | 2.49 | 2.49 | −6.64 | −6.64 | |
| Give Up/Cut Down Pleasurable Activities to Drink | 2.78 | 2.78 | −7.68 | −7.20 | |
| Continue Even Though Made Depressed, Etc. | 1.75 | 1.75 | −4.47 | −4.47 | |
| Continue Even Though Causing Health Problem | 1.31 | 1.31 | −3.37 | −3.37 | |
| Continue Despite Prior Blackout | 1.44 | 1.44 | −3.62 | −3.62 | |
| Could Drink Less Than Before To Get Effect Wanted | 0.56 | 0.56 | −1.42 | −1.58 | |
| Dependence Factor Mean | 0.00 | −0.14 | |||
| Dependence Factor Variance | 1.00 | 0.95 |