PMID- 20105425
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100826
LR  - 20240314
IS  - 1938-4114 (Electronic)
IS  - 1937-1888 (Print)
IS  - 1937-1888 (Linking)
VI  - 71
IP  - 1
DP  - 2010 Jan
TI  - A principal components analysis of the abbreviated Desires for Alcohol 
      Questionnaire (DAQ).
PG  - 150-5
AB  - 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 (r(s) = .25-.64 and 
      .31-.40, respectively, p < .0001) and with the interview craving item in the AUD 
      subsample (r(s) = .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 (r(s) = .61 and .39, respectively, p < .0001) and with the interview 
      craving item in the AUD subsample (r(s) = .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.
FAU - Kramer, John R
AU  - Kramer JR
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa School 
      of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1000, USA. 
      john-kramer@uiowa.edu
FAU - Chan, Grace
AU  - Chan G
FAU - Hesselbrock, Victor M
AU  - Hesselbrock VM
FAU - Kuperman, Samuel
AU  - Kuperman S
FAU - Bucholz, Kathleen K
AU  - Bucholz KK
FAU - Edenberg, Howard J
AU  - Edenberg HJ
FAU - Schuckit, Marc A
AU  - Schuckit MA
FAU - Nurnberger, John I
AU  - Nurnberger JI
FAU - Foroud, Tatiana
AU  - Foroud T
FAU - Dick, Danielle M
AU  - Dick DM
FAU - Bierut, Laura J
AU  - Bierut LJ
FAU - Porjesz, Bernice
AU  - Porjesz B
LA  - eng
GR  - U10 AA008401/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U10AA08403/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PL  - United States
TA  - J Stud Alcohol Drugs
JT  - Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs
JID - 101295847
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Alcohol Drinking/psychology
MH  - Alcoholism/*diagnosis/epidemiology/genetics/psychology
MH  - Behavior, Addictive/*diagnosis/epidemiology/genetics/psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Genetic Predisposition to Disease
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Principal Component Analysis
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC2815057
EDAT- 2010/01/29 06:00
MHDA- 2010/08/27 06:00
PMCR- 2011/01/01
CRDT- 2010/01/29 06:00
PHST- 2010/01/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/01/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/08/27 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2011/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 150 [pii]
AID - 10.15288/jsad.2010.71.150 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2010 Jan;71(1):150-5. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2010.71.150.