Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
Psychology: Health & SleepReliability: alpha 0.803 sample items
About this scale
A 10-item WHO screening instrument for hazardous and harmful alcohol use. Score ≥ 8 indicates risky drinking. AUDIT-C is a 3-item ultra-short consumption-focused version.
Sample item(s)
“How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?”
“How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?”
“How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.80. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Saunders, J. B., Aasland, O. G., Babor, T. F., De La Fuente, J. R., & Grant, M. (1993): Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Addiction, Vol. 88, No. 6, pp. 791–804.
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