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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2016 Apr 20;51(7):812–822. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2016.1155609

Table 1.

ARSS-AUV Alcohol-Reinforcement Ratio Item-level Statistics

ARSS Item no. Item description Reinforcement Ratio
M (SD)
Factor Loadings
Test-retest reliability (ICC)
General Factor RF1 RF2 RF3
13 places with friends 0.30(0.23) 0.562 0.616 −0.090 0.100 0.57
21 hang out where friends meet 0.37(0.28) 0.459 0.556 −0.055 −0.069 0.58
16 parties with friends 0.56(0.29) 0.378 0.484 −0.030 −0.143 0.53
20 meet people my age 0.41(0.27) 0.522 0.474 0.118 −0.115 0.63
12 talk with same-sex friends 0.28(0.20) 0.507 0.471 0.045 0.008 0.67
22 interact with people my age and sex 0.30(0.20) 0.496 0.393 0.115 0.004 0.49
18 compliments from friends 0.27(0.24) 0.496 0.387 0.098 0.055 0.43
11 out to eat with friends 0.26(0.27) 0.446 0.386 −0.019 0.192 0.48
5 flirt with dates/partners 0.33(0.26) 0.516 0.370 0.186 −0.050 0.55
23 receive email/text message/letters from friends 0.24(0.21) 0.528 0.323 0.197 0.055 0.50
19 ride in car with friends 0.17(0.25) 0.372 0.322 0.042 0.039 0.62
34 sexual intercourse with date/partner 0.29(0.26) 0.485 −0.039 0.597 −0.099 0.79
33 oral sex with date/partner 0.32(0.31) 0.483 −0.059 0.557 0.020 0.76
32 caressing date/partner 0.31(0.24) 0.557 0.042 0.549 −0.017 0.70
9 kiss dates/partners 0.32(0.27) 0.533 0.060 0.482 0.034 0.54
35 weekends/vacation with partner 0.23(0.27) 0.362 −0.091 0.423 0.106 0.64
8 interact with dates/partners 0.27(0.22) 0.576 0.194 0.381 0.051 0.61
6 compliments from dates/partners 0.27(0.26) 0.548 0.144 0.361 0.138 0.47
7 go on dates 0.20(0.25) 0.424 0.061 0.341 0.087 0.55
26 talk with siblings/family 0.08(0.16) 0.343 −0.021 0.030 0.730 0.48
29 talk with siblings/family about day 0.09(0.19) 0.278 −0.047 −0.009 0.725 0.57
31 discuss school with siblings/family 0.06(0.15) 0.237 −0.016 −0.071 0.697 0.41
25 places with siblings/family 0.09(0.18) 0.387 0.080 −0.003 0.679 0.52
30 weekends/vacations with siblings/family 0.12(0.21) 0.261 −0.090 0.070 0.616 0.55
39 read book/magazine/newspaper 0.05(0.15) 0.241 −0.002 −0.014 0.559 0.44
27 out to eat with siblings/family 0.08(0.19) 0.202 0.022 −0.048 0.493 0.59
28 tell secrets to siblings/family 0.07(0.21) 0.407 0.097 0.095 0.483 0.59
37 studying 0.08(0.22) 0.250 0.020 0.019 0.461 0.71
43 stay home/relax 0.24(0.24) 0.469 0.120 0.193 0.366 0.53
2 talk with dates/partners 0.24(0.22) 0.539 0.260 0.248 0.106 0.61
24 write email/text message/letter to friends 0.21(0.21) 0.524 0.292 0.206 0.094 0.57
3 noticed by dates/partners 0.28(0.24) 0.488 0.269 0.230 0.014 0.61
15 phone with friends 0.15(0.23) 0.480 0.309 0.074 0.234 0.56
17 talk with friends about day 0.16(0.19) 0.470 0.236 0.190 0.127 0.51
1 places with dates/partners 0.26(0.26) 0.437 0.132 0.291 0.068 0.47
4 out to eat with dates/partners 0.18(0.25) 0.412 0.091 0.302 0.076 0.49
44 go to movie 0.14(0.25) 0.334 0.001 0.241 0.226 0.54
38 doing chores at home 0.09(0.22) 0.316 0.217 −0.020 0.268 0.69
36 going to school 0.04(0.14) 0.254 0.118 0.027 0.246 0.49
10 exercise/sports 0.04(0.17) 0.233 0.087 0.013 0.294 0.39
42 go to work 0.03(0.12) 0.208 −0.094 0.222 0.193 0.66
14 walk with friends 0.09(0.21) 0.179 0.140 −0.051 0.196 0.42
40 go to plays 0.01(0.10) 0.116 0.029 0.078 0.029 0.74
45 play musical instrument 0.04(0.13) 0.104 0.106 −0.134 0.278 0.71
41 ride bicycle 0.02(0.09) 0.076 0.015 −0.020 0.176 0.61

Note. Factor loadings greater than 0.316 (i.e., have at least 10% shared variance with a corresponding factor) are in bold. To facilitate easier interpretation of the factor analysis, items loading onto similar residual factors are organized together, rather than in the same order in which they occur in the ARSS-AUV. ARSS-AUV= Adolescent Reinforcement Survey Schedule – Alcohol Use Version, RF1-RF3 = residual factors, ICC = intraclass correlation.