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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Jan 19;89(1):82–92. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.12.003

Table 1.

Prevalence, Factor Loadings and Criterion Response Parameters: DSM-IV Alcohol Abuse and Dependence Criteria and 5+/4+ Drinking Pattern Criteria

Past Year Alcohol Abuse (A),
Dependence (D) and Consumption (C)
Criteria		 Preva-
lence
(%)		 Factor loadings
 Model with consumption
variable “Exceeded daily
limits at least once in past
year”
 Model with consumption
variable “Exceeded daily
limits at least 12 times in past
year”
 Model with consumption
variable “Exceeded daily
limits at least once a week in
past year”
With
“Exceeded
daily limit
at least
once”		 With
“Exceeded
daily limit
at least 12
times”		 With
“Exceeded
daily limit
at least once
a week”		 Two Parameter Model
 Two Parameter Model
 Two Parameter Model
Discrimination
(a)
Estimate
a (SE)		 Severity
(b)
Estimate
b (SE)		 Discrimination
(a)
Estimate
a (SE)		 Severity
(b)
Estimate
b (SE)		 Discrimination
(a)
Estimate
a (SE)		 Severity
(b)
Estimate
b (SE)
Tolerance (D) 9.29 0.761 0.762 0.761 1.99 (0.04) 1.76 (0.02) 1.99 (0.04) 1.76 (0.02) 1.99 (0.04) 1.76 (0.02)
Withdrawal (D) 8.80 0.803 0.800 0.799 2.10 (0.04) 1.76 (0.02) 2.07 (0.04) 1.77 (0.02) 2.06 (0.04) 1.77 (0.02)
Larger/Longer (D) 13.84 0.825 0.820 0.819 2.34 (0.05) 1.31 (0.02) 2.28 (0.05) 1.32 (0.02) 2.29 (0.05) 1.32 (0.02)
Quit/Control (D) 12.31 0.715 0.718 0.718 1.76 (0.03) 1.64 (0.02) 1.78 (0.03) 1.63 (0.02) 1.78 (0.03) 1.63 (0.02)
Time spent (D) 3.46 0.879 0.883 0.884 2.33 (0.06) 2.35 (0.03) 2.33 (0.06) 2.35 (0.03) 2.33 (0.06) 2.35 (0.03)
Activities given up (D) 1.15 0.883 0.887 0.892 2.11 (0.06) 3.11 (0.05) 2.11 (0.06) 3.12 (0.05) 2.11 (0.06) 3.12 (0.05)
Physical/Psychological problems (D) 5.26 0.883 0.884 0.884 2.32 (0.06) 2.06 (0.02) 2.31 (0.06) 2.07 (0.02) 2.30 (0.06) 2.07 (0.03)
Neglect roles (A) 1.36 0.899 0.895 0.898 2.19 (0.06) 2.94 (0.04) 2.18 (0.06) 2.95 (0.04) 2.18 (0.06) 2.95 (0.04)
Hazardous use (A) 11.56 0.718 0.715 0.712 1.82 (0.03) 1.62 (0.02) 1.81 (0.03) 1.62 (0.02) 1.79 (0.03) 1.63 (0.02)
Legal problem (A) 1.15 0.672 0.672 0.671 1.79 (0.05) 3.35 (0.06) 1.78 (0.05) 3.36 (0.06) 1.78 (0.05) 3.36 (0.06)
Social/Interpersonal problems (A) 3.09 0.865 0.868 0.865 2.18 (0.06) 2.45 (0.03) 2.19 (0.06) 2.45 (0.03) 2.17 (0.05) 2.46 (0.03)
Exceeded daily limits at least once (C) 49.15 0.730 - - 2.06 (0.04) −0.04 (0.01) - - - -
Exceeded daily limits at least 12 times (C) 30.18 - 0.728 - - - 1.91 (0.04) 0.66 (0.01) - -
Exceed daily limits at least once a week (C) 18.54 - - 0.704 - - - - 1.79 (0.03) 1.22 (0.02)
Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) 105471.87 102238.10 97610.48
Comparative Fit Index (CFI) 0.992 0.992 0.991
Tucker Lewis Index (TLI) 0.995 0.996 0.996
Root mean squared error of approximation (RMSEA) 0.020 0.020 0.019