Jp. Allen et al., STRUCTURE AND CORRELATES OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE IN CLINICAL-SAMPLES INTHE UNITED-STATES AND RUSSIA, Addiction, 88(11), 1993, pp. 1535-1543
Using items from the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, dim
ensionality of the alcohol dependence syndrome was assessed in clinica
l samples in the United States and Russia. In both groups, a single-fa
ctor model provided a high degree of goodness of fit thus demonstratin
g cross-cultural coherence of the construct. The item dealing with nar
rowing of the drinking repertoire is most disparate in each sample. Se
verity of alcohol consequences was moderately related to alcohol depen
dence in both samples. Demographic variables, however, correlated less
with seventy of consequences. After the effects of seventy of depende
nce and demographics were removed, quantity/frequency of recent alcoho
l consumption did not contribute to severity of consequences. Country,
however, remained a significant, but small, predictor of severity of
alcohol consequences.