Alcohol Use Disorders: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Latent Class Analysis of the Latent Structure of Alcohol Use Symptoms Among Undergraduates

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick B. Metoyer ◽  
G. Leonard Burns ◽  
Jerry Pastore
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorders ◽  
Latent Structure ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

scholarly journals Comparing a Variable-Centered and a Person-Centered Approach to the Structure of Prejudice

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 645-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecil Meeusen ◽  
Bart Meuleman ◽  
Koen Abts ◽  
Robin Bergh
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Explanatory Models ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Person Centered Approach

Whereas research on generalized prejudice is dominated by variable-centered approaches, which focus on communalities between different types of prejudice, we propose a complementary person-centered approach, looking for subgroups of people characterized by similar patterns of prejudice. To this end, we compare the results of a variable-centered (using confirmatory factor analysis [CFA]) and a person-centered (using latent class analysis [LCA]) approach to generalized prejudice. While CFA points to a multidimensional solution with a strong overlap between prejudice dimensions, LCA distinguishes five prejudice patterns that cannot be organized along a linear continuum of more versus less prejudiced dispositions. Explanatory models for the two solutions are estimated. Results show that the two methods are largely complementary in conceptualizing generalized prejudice.

scholarly journals Scale of attitudes toward alcohol - Spanish version: evidences of validity and reliability

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Gisseth León Ramírez ◽  
Divane de Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorders ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Attitudes Toward Alcohol

ABSTRACT Objective: validate the Scale of attitudes toward alcohol, alcoholism and individuals with alcohol use disorders in its Spanish version. Method: methodological study, involving 300 Colombian nurses. Adopting the classical theory, confirmatory factor analysis was applied without prior examination, based on the strong historical evidence of the factorial structure of the original scale to determine the construct validity of this Spanish version. To assess the reliability, Cronbach’s Alpha and Mc Donalid’s Omega coefficients were used. Results: the confirmatory factor analysis indicated the good fit of the scale model in a four-factor distribution, with a cut-off point at 3.2, demonstrating 66.7% of sensitivity. Conclusions: the Scale of attitudes toward alcohol, alcoholism and individuals with alcohol use disorders in Spanish presented robust psychometric qualities, affirming that the instrument possesses a solid factorial structure and reliability and is capable of precisely measuring the nurses’ atittudes towards the phenomenon proposed.

Examining Associations Between Race, Gender, Alcohol Use, School Performance, and Patterns of Bullying in the School Context: A Latent Class Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052199912
Author(s):  
Valdemir Ferreira-Junior ◽  
Juliana Y. Valente ◽  
Zila M. Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
School Context ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Latent Classes ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables

Although many studies addressed bullying occurrence and its associations, they often use individual variables constructed from few items that probably are inadequate to evaluate bullying severity and type. We aimed to identify involvement patterns in bullying victimization and perpetration, and its association with alcohol use, school performance, and sociodemographic variables. Baseline assessment of a randomized controlled trial were used and a latent class analysis was conducted to identify bullying patterns among 1,742 fifth-grade and 2,316 seventh-grade students from 30 public schools in São Paulo, Brazil. Data were collected using an anonymous self-reported, audio-guided questionnaire completed by the participants on smartphones. Multinomial logistic regressions were performed to verify how covariant variables affected bullying latent classes. Both grades presented the same four latent classes: low bullying, moderate bullying victimization, high bullying victimization, and high bullying victimization and perpetration. Alcohol use was associated with all bullying classes in both grades, with odds ratio up to 5.36 (95% CI 3.05; 10.38) among fifth graders from the high bullying victimization and perpetration class. Poor school performance was also strongly associated with this class (aOR = 10.12, 95%CI = 4.19; 24.41). Black/brown 5th graders were 3.35 times more likely to fit into the high bullying victimization class (95% CI 1.34; 8.37). Lack of evidence for association of sociodemographic variables and bullying latent class among seventh-grade students was found. Bullying and alcohol use are highly harmful behaviors that must be prevented. However, prevention programs should consider how racial and gender issues are influencing the way students experience violence.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the Attitudes Scale facing Alcohol and Alcoholism in nursing students

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Divane de Vargas ◽  
Fernanda Mota Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Reliable Instrument

ABSTRACT Objective: to verify the psychometric properties of the Attitudes Scale facing Alcohol and Alcoholism (EAFAA) and people with disorders related to the use of alcohol in nursing students. Method: a convenience sample (n=420) completed the EAFAA, the data were submitted to Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Results: the EFA resulted in an instrument composed of 48 items divided into four factors. The CFA has established the validity of the factorial structure. The internal consistency of the scale was considered adequate (α=0.85) presenting a sensitivity of 70% and specificity of 75%. Conclusion: the EAFAA constitutes a reliable instrument to identify the attitudes of nursing students towards alcohol, alcoholism and persons with disorders related to alcohol use.

scholarly journals A latent class analysis of alcohol and posttraumatic stress symptoms among offspring of parents with and without alcohol use disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 106640
Author(s):  
Annah K. Bender ◽  
Jacquelyn L. Meyers ◽  
Stacey Subbie-Saenz di Viteri ◽  
Marc Schuckit ◽  
Grace Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorder ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Stress Symptoms

scholarly journals Latent structure of cognition in schizophrenia: a confirmatory factor analysis of the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB)

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1119-1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. McCleery ◽  
M. F. Green ◽  
G. S. Hellemann ◽  
L. E. Baade ◽  
J. M. Gold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Latent Structure ◽  
Confirmatory Factor
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