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Second, preceding work [ 76- 78] recommended using the "entered into dangerous situation after drinking" item as an item free of bias across these groups.
The binge drinking item from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) was used to measure frequency of short-term risky drinking occasions [ 28].
Drinking and driving was assessed with the item: "In the 30 days prior to BMT, how many times have you driven a motor vehicle after drinking an alcoholic beverage?" and was scored identically to the binge drinking item.
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For the " drinking interfered with taking care of home or family", " more than once drive vehicle after drinking", and " get into physical fight while or after drinking" items, the equality constraint underestimated Hispanics' thresholds.
For example, questions include "How often during the last year have you failed to do something that was expected of you because of drinking?" Items have different response categories but each are scored from 0 – 4, giving a possible range of 0 – 40.
For the " job or school troubles because of drinking", " more than once ride in vehicle while drinking", " continue to drink despite causing trouble with family or friends", and " get arrested or have legal problems because of drinking" items, the equality constraint overestimated Hispanics' thresholds.
Modification indices (MIs) and expected parameter change indices (EPCs) suggested that constraining the loadings for the " drinking interfered with taking care of home or family" and " get into physical fight while or after drinking" items predominantly accounted for the increased misfit.
Stop eating and drinking items that lead to anxiety.
Avoid eating or drinking items that belong to the following food categories.
The AUDIT is a 10-item, self-report measure assessing harmful alcohol consumption (items 1 to 3), drinking behavior (items 4 to 6), adverse reactions to alcohol (items 7 to 8), and alcohol-related problems (9 to 10).
The AUDIT core questionnaire consists of 10 items: three questions on quantity and frequency of drinking, three items on alcohol dependence and four questions on problems caused by drinking.
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