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. 2010 Sep;71(5):674–684. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2010.71.674

Table 3.

Exploratory factor analyses of AUD by Emergency Room Collaborative Alcohol Analysis Project sites

Base model (DSM-IV 11 criteria)
Model with craving (DSM-IV 11 criteria + craving)
Variable One factor Two factors One factor Two factors
Santa Clara, CA, United States
 Tolerance (D) 0.888 0.971 −0.084 0.892 0.980 −0.094
 Withdrawal (D) 0.911 0.911 0.005 0.912 0.912 0.004
 Larger/longer (D) 0.906 0.932 −0.024 0.904 0.915 −0.008
 Quit/control (D) 0.953 0.942 0.016 0.951 0.916 0.042
 Time spent (D) 0.967 0.942 0.032 0.970 0.957 0.018
 Activities given up (D) 0.958 0.966 −0.005 0.959 0.959 0.003
 Physical/psychological problems (D) 0.890 0.634 0.286 0.890 0.638 0.282
 Neglect roles (A) 0.810 0.189 0.676 0.808 0.190 0.675
 Hazardous use (A) 0.795 0.589 0.231 0.800 0.622 0.200
 Legal problems (A) 0.881 −0.006 0.958 0.875 −0.006 0.956
 Social/interpersonal problems (A) 0.885 0.216 0.730 0.881 0.198 0.748
 Craving 0.938 0.982 −0.046
 Factor correlation 0.867 0.868
 Eigenvalue 8.955 9.473 9.821 10.356
 CFI 0.998 1.000 0.999 1.000
 TLI 0.998 1.000 0.998 1.000
 RMSEA 0.039 0.000 0.037 0.000
Pachuca, Mexico
 Tolerance (D) 0.888 0.743 0.163 0.895 0.806 0.150
 Withdrawal (D) 0.788 0.850 −0.049 0.785 0.808 −0.028
 Larger/longer (D) 0.963 0.987 −0.004 0.961 0.896 0.112
 Quit/control (D) 0.790 0.023 0.797 0.788 0.796 −0.002
 Time spent (D) 0.924 0.562 0.387 0.920 0.824 0.162
 Activities given up (D) 0.877 0.452 0.451 0.873 0.939 −0.092
 Physical/psychological problems (D) 0.873 0.833 0.056 0.872 0.930 −0.079
 Neglect roles (A) 0.901 0.174 0.763 0.899 0.805 0.157
 Hazardous use (A) 0.726 0.386 0.3860 0.720 0.781 −0.088
 Legal problems (A) 0.796 0.002 0.820 0.851 0.002 1.270
 Social/interpersonal problems (A) 0.857 −0.062 0.953 0.858 0.706 0.243
 Craving 0.866 0.636 0.349
 Factor correlation 0.892 0.546
 Eigenvalue 8.189 8.905 8.939 9.735
 CFI 1.000 1.000 0.999 1.000
 TLI 1.000 1.000 0.999 1.000
 RMSEA 0.010 0.000 0.019 0.000
Base model (DSM-IV 11 criteria)
Model with craving (DSM-IV 11 criteria)
Variable One factor Two factors One factor Two factors
Mar del Plata, Argentina
 Tolerance (D) 0.808 0.809 0.009 0.803 0.804 −0.027
 Withdrawal (D) 0.778 0.783 0.243 0.783 0.772 0.298
 Larger/longer (D) 0.879 0.872 −0.169 0.888 0.892 −0.156
 Quit/control (D) 0.842 0.846 0.018 0.841 0.834 0.182
 Time spent (D) 0.943 0.937 −0.274 0.939 0.945 −0.170
 Activities given up (D) 0.978 0.975 −0.060 0.981 0.981 −0.004
 Physical/psychological problems (D) 0.921 0.926 0.089 0.923 0.920 0.092
 Neglect roles (A) 0.821 0.815 −0.180 0.817 0.826 −0.256
 Hazardous use (A) 0.818 0.820 0.086 0.812 0.807 0.118
 Legal problems (A) 0.931 0.931 −0.035 0.926 0.930 −0.110
 Social/interpersonal problems (A) 0.881 0.888 0.217 0.881 0.875 0.172
 Craving 0.876 0.875 0.025
 Factor correlation −0.006 0.032
 Eigenvalue 8.563 9.134 9.308 9.887
 CFI 0.999 1.000 0.999 0.999
 TLI 0.999 1.000 0.999 0.999
 RMSEA 0.021 0.011 0.020 0.016
Warsaw and Sosnowiec, Poland
 Tolerance (D) 0.746 0.821 −0.219 0.746 0.805 −0.213
 Withdrawal (D) 0.824 0.840 −0.026 0.823 0.839 −0.040
 Larger/longer (D) 0.788 0.902 −0.304 0.781 0.882 −0.333
 Quit/control (D) 0.847 0.850 0.010 0.842 0.848 −0.002
 Time spent (D) 0.913 0.917 0.017 0.927 0.929 0.024
 Activities given up (D) 0.868 0.907 −0.089 0.873 0.903 −0.083
 Physical/psychological problems (D) 0.830 0.790 0.133 0.831 0.802 0.126
 Neglect roles (A) 0.791 0.768 0.086 0.784 0.775 0.059
 Hazardous use (A) 0.755 0.763 −0.003 0.752 0.763 −0.019
 Legal problems (A) 0.953 0.659 0.678 0.953 0.722 0.633
 Social/interpersonal problems (A) 0.944 0.816 0.286 0.944 0.840 0.278
 Craving 0.851 0.815 0.142
 Factor correlation 0.293 0.226
 Eigenvalue 7.910 8.632 8.631 9.369
 CFI 0.995 0.999 0.995 0.999
 TLI 0.993 0.998 0.994 0.998
 RMSEA 0.031 0.015 0.030 0.017

Notes: AUD = alcohol use disorder; DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition; CFI = comparative fit index; TLI = Tucker-Lewis index; RMSEA = root mean square error of approximation.