The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a College Sample

TLDR

The AUDIT was developed for the 10‑country AMETHYST project. The study estimated the psychometric properties of the AUDIT questionnaire section in a college sample using DSM‑III criteria for alcohol abuse as the criterion standard. The authors evaluated the AUDIT’s psychometric properties by applying DSM‑III criteria for alcohol abuse as the criterion standard. In the young adult sample, the AUDIT achieved a sensitivity of 84 % and a specificity of 71 % at the recommended cut‑off score of 11. The AUDIT questionnaire offers advantages over CAGE and MAST, with keywords including alcohol misuse, alcoholism, and college students.

Abstract

AbstractThis study was conducted to estimate the psychometric properties of the questionnaire section of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a college sample using DSM-III criteria for alcohol abuse as the criterion standard. This alcohol screening test was developed for the 10 country AMETHYST project. In this young adult sample the instrument exhibited a sensitivity of 84 and specificity of. 71 when utilizing the recommended cut-off score of 11. The 10-item questionnaire section of the AUDIT appears to have important advantages over other alcohol screening instruments such as the CAGE and the MAST.Key Words: Alcohol misusealcoholismCollege studentsAlcohol misusequestionnaire