PMID- 24148139
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140831
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 1873-6327 (Electronic)
IS  - 0306-4603 (Print)
IS  - 0306-4603 (Linking)
VI  - 39
IP  - 1
DP  - 2014 Jan
TI  - Construct validity of the short inventory of problems among Spanish speaking 
      Hispanics.
PG  - 205-10
LID - S0306-4603(13)00293-1 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.09.023 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Research on ethnic health disparities requires the use of 
      psychometrically sound instruments that are appropriate when applied to 
      ethnically diverse populations. The Short Inventory of Problems (SIP) assesses 
      alcohol-related consequences and is often used as a measure to evaluate 
      intervention effectiveness in alcohol research; however, whether the psychometric 
      properties of this instrument are comparable across language and ethnicity 
      remains unclear. METHOD: Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) was 
      used to test for the invariance of the measurement structure of the SIP across 
      White Non-Hispanic English speaking (N=642), Hispanic English speaking (N=275), 
      and Hispanic Spanish speaking (N=220) groups. RESULTS: The MGCFA model in which 
      factor loadings, measurement intercepts, and item residuals were constrained to 
      be equal between English speakers and Spanish speakers exhibited a reasonable fit 
      to the data, chi(2)(221)=1089.612 p<.001, TLI=.926; CFI=.922, RMSEA=.059 (90% 
      CI=.055-.062). The DeltaCFI supported strict factorial invariance, DeltaCFI=.01, across 
      groups; no significant group differences were found between factor loadings, 
      measurement intercepts, or item residuals between English speakers and Spanish 
      speakers. CONCLUSIONS: This study extends the existing confirmatory factor 
      analysis results of the SIP by providing additional data to inform the utility of 
      the SIP among Hispanics. Strict factorial invariance between Spanish and English 
      speakers is necessary to: conclude that the underlying constructs have the same 
      meaning across groups; test for group differences in the latent variables across 
      groups; and presume that group differences are attributable only to true 
      differences between groups. Thus, the SIP is strongly supported for evaluating 
      the effectiveness of alcohol treatment among Hispanics.
CI  - (c) 2013.
FAU - Marra, L B
AU  - Marra LB
AD  - The University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work, Center for Social Work 
      Research, Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, 1717 W. 6th St, Ste 
      295, Austin, TX 78703, United States. Electronic address: 
      laura.marra@austin.utexas.edu.
FAU - Field, C A
AU  - Field CA
FAU - Caetano, R
AU  - Caetano R
FAU - von Sternberg, K
AU  - von Sternberg K
LA  - eng
GR  - R01 AA013642/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 AA013824/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01-AA013642/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
DEP - 20131005
PL  - England
TA  - Addict Behav
JT  - Addictive behaviors
JID - 7603486
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Alcohol-Related Disorders/diagnosis/*psychology
MH  - Factor Analysis, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Hispanic or Latino/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychometrics/instrumentation
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC3918947
MID - NIHMS533406
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Alcohol-related consequences
OT  - CFA
OT  - Construct validity
OT  - Health disparities
OT  - MGCFA
OT  - SIP
COIS- Conflict of Interest All authors ensure that they have no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2013/10/24 06:00
MHDA- 2014/09/01 06:00
PMCR- 2015/01/01
CRDT- 2013/10/24 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/08/07 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/09/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/10/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/10/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/09/01 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2015/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S0306-4603(13)00293-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.09.023 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Addict Behav. 2014 Jan;39(1):205-10. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.09.023. Epub 2013 
      Oct 5.