Journal article
A Principal Components Analysis of the Abbreviated Desires for Alcohol Questionnaire (DAQ)
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, Vol.71(1), pp.150-155
01/2010
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2010.71.150
PMCID: PMC2815057
PMID: 20105425
Abstract
Objective:
The aim of this study was to examine the abbreviated Desires for Alcohol Questionnaire (DAQ) with respect to component structure and concurrent validity.
Method:
The DAQ was administered to 2,960 adults participating in the Collaborative Studies on the Genetics of Alcohol. Rotated principal components analysis was conducted on 1,500 subjects with an alcohol-use disorder (AUD) and on 1,460 non-AUD subjects. Total DAQ scores were compared for these two subsamples. In addition, correlations were computed between DAQ scores and the following: (1) a sum of alcohol symptoms, and (2) endorsement of a single interview craving question.
Results:
Similar solutions emerged in the AUD and non-AUD subsamples, with dimensions characterized by (1) strong desires/intentions to drink, (2) negative reinforcement, and (3) positive reinforcement + ability to control drinking. Each component was significantly correlated with the alcohol symptom scale in both subsamples (rs = .25–.64 and .31–.40, respectively, p < .0001) and with the interview craving item in the AUD subsample (rs = .22–.55, p < .0001). Total DAQ score was significantly higher for AUD subjects (40.5) than for non-AUD subjects (23.1, p < .0001) and exhibited significant correlations with the alcohol symptom scale in the AUD and non-AUD subsamples (rs = .61 and .39, respectively, p < .0001) and with the interview craving item in the AUD subsample (rs = .51, p < .0001).
Conclusions:
The DAQ is an appropriate measure of alcohol craving, as demonstrated by similar component structures across two samples as well as its concurrent validity.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Principal Components Analysis of the Abbreviated Desires for Alcohol Questionnaire (DAQ)
- Creators
- John R Kramer - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242–1000Grace Chan - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242–1000Victor M Hesselbrock - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242–1000Samuel Kuperman - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242–1000Kathleen K Bucholz - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242–1000Howard J Edenberg - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242–1000Marc A Schuckit - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242–1000John I Nurnberger - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242–1000Tatiana Foroud - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242–1000Danielle M Dick - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242–1000Laura J Bierut - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242–1000Bernice Porjesz - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242–1000
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, Vol.71(1), pp.150-155
- Publisher
- Rutgers University
- DOI
- 10.15288/jsad.2010.71.150
- PMID
- 20105425
- PMCID
- PMC2815057
- ISSN
- 1937-1888
- eISSN
- 1938-4114
- Comment
- Test development: Abbreviated Desires for Alcohol Questionnaire (DAQ)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
- Record Identifier
- 9984003987002771
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