Validation of the Drinking Context Scale (DCS-9) for use with non-adjudicated first-year college students

Laura L Talbott; M Renee Umstattd; Stuart L Usdan; Ryan J Martin; Brian F Geiger

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.12.015

Validation of the Drinking Context Scale (DCS-9) for use with non-adjudicated first-year college students

Addict Behav. 2010 May;35(5):510-2. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.12.015. Epub 2009 Dec 24.

Authors

Laura L Talbott¹, M Renee Umstattd, Stuart L Usdan, Ryan J Martin, Brian F Geiger

Affiliation

¹ Department of Human Studies and Center for Educational Accountability, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Education, 901 13th Street South, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. ltalbott@uab.edu

PMID: 20060227
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.12.015

Abstract

The Drinking Context Scale (DCS-9) has been used to measure the impact of drinking during social, emotional, and situational contexts. Psychometric properties remain unevaluated in a population of non-adjudicated first-year college students in the southeast. Liseral 8.8 was used to test the factorial validity of the DCS, using Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The original three factor model for the DCS represented acceptable fit to the data (chi(2)=36.72, df=24, p=0.047, CFI=0.991, SRMR=.0406) supporting its use with first-year college students. Invariance between gender, ethnic group, and geographical regions should be examined by future researchers.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Alcohol Drinking / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Factors
Southeastern United States
Students / psychology*
Surveys and Questionnaires / standards*
Universities