Table 1.
Latent and manifest variables and their definitions
| Latent factor | Manifest variable | Indicators | Definition |
| Gender | – | Indicator variable for male, female | |
| Problem recognition | Q1 | Do you think this problem deserves special notice from you or your family, the kind you give someone who is ill? | |
| Q3 | Sometimes I wonder if I am an alcoholic. | ||
| Q4 | If I don't change my drinking soon, my problems are going to get worse. | ||
| Q7 | Sometimes I wonder if my drinking is hurting other people. | ||
| Q8 | I am a problem drinker. | ||
| Q11 | I want help to keep from going back to drinking problems that I had before. | ||
| Q12 | I have a serious problem with drinking. | ||
| Q13 | Sometimes I wonder if I am in control of my drinking. | ||
| Q16 | I know that I have a drinking problem. | ||
| Q17 | There are times when I wonder if I drink too much. | ||
| Q18 | I am an alcoholic. | ||
| Taking action | Q5 | I have already started making some changes in my drinking. | |
| Q6 | I was drinking too much at one time, but I've managed to change my drinking. | ||
| Q9 | I'm not just thinking about changing my drinking, I'm already doing something about it. | ||
| Q10 | I've already changed my drinking; I am looking for ways to keep from slipping back to my old patterns. | ||
| Q14 | My drinking is causing a lot of harm. | ||
| Q19 | I am working hard to change my drinking. | ||
| Alcohol severity | G81 | Drinking caused problems with family. | |
| G82 | Drinking caused problems with friends. | ||
| G83 | Drinking caused problems with work or school. | ||
| G84 | Drinking caused problems by getting into physical fights. | ||
| G85 | Drinking caused problems by having a traffic accident. | ||
| G91 | Drinking caused being arrested for disturbing the peace. | ||
| Traffa1y | Driving while intoxicated | ||
| G10 | Accidentally injured yourself while drinking | ||
| G11 | Being high from drinking in a situation where it increased your chances of getting hurt | ||
| G12 | Keeps you from chores or taking care of children | ||
| G12A | Lose a raise, miss work, lose a promotion, or get fired | ||
| G12B1 | Drinking caused you to perform poorly in school, be suspended, or miss school. | ||
| DRKNUM_B | On days when you drank an alcoholic beverage at any time during the last 6 months, on average how many drinks would you have in a 24-hour period? | ||
| DRKDAY_B | Number of drinking days in the past 6 months; the categories were 0, 5, 12, 39,91 and 180. | ||
| 12-month report of drinks | DRKNUM_12 | On days when you drank an alcoholic beverage at any time during the last 6 months, on average how many drinks would you have in a 24-hour period? |
Notes: DRKNUM_B = number of drinks per drinking day at baseline; DRKDAY_B = number of drinking days at baseline; DRKNUM_12 = number of drinks per drinking day at 12-month follow-up.