Measurement Invariance of DSM-IV Alcohol, Marijuana and Cocaine Dependence Between Community-sampled and Clinically Overselected Studies

Overview

Journal Addiction

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2013 May 9

PMID 23651171

Citations 11

Authors

Jaime Derringer

Robert F Krueger

Danielle M Dick

Arpana Agrawal

Kathleen K Bucholz

Tatiana Foroud

Richard A Grucza

Michie N Hesselbrock

Victor Hesselbrock

John Kramer

John I Nurnberger Jr

Marc Schuckit

Laura J Bierut

William G Iacono

Matt McGue

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Abstract

Aims: To examine whether DSM-IV symptoms of substance dependence are psychometrically equivalent between existing community-sampled and clinically overselected studies.

Participants: A total of 2476 adult twins born in Minnesota and 4121 unrelated adult participants from a case-control study of alcohol dependence.

Measurements: Life-time DSM-IV alcohol, marijuana and cocaine dependence symptoms and ever use of each substance.

Design: We fitted a hierarchical model to the data, in which ever use and dependence symptoms for each substance were indicators of alcohol, marijuana or cocaine dependence which were, in turn, indicators of a multi-substance dependence factor. We then tested the model for measurement invariance across participant groups, defined by study source and participant sex.

Findings: The hierarchical model fitted well among males and females within each sample [comparative fit index (CFI) > 0.96, Tucker-Lewis index (TLI) > 0.95 and root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) < 0.04 for all], and a multi-group model demonstrated that model parameters were equivalent across sample- and sex-defined groups (ΔCFI = 0.002 between constrained and unconstrained models). Differences between groups in symptom endorsement rates could be expressed solely as mean differences in the multi-substance dependence factor.

Conclusions: Life-time substance dependence symptoms fitted a dimensional model well. Although clinically overselected participants endorsed more dependence symptoms, on average, than community-sampled participants, the pattern of symptom endorsement was similar across groups. From a measurement perspective, DSM-IV criteria are equally appropriate for describing substance dependence across different sampling methods.

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