A critical reexamination of the adolescent alcohol involvement scale.
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TL;DR
The AAIS and data by Mayer and Filstead to support it are critically analyzed and the primary recommendation is not to use the scale until it is revised to ensure that individual items as well as the scale produce meaningful results.
Abstract
The AAIS and data by Mayer and Filstead to support it are critically analyzed. The lack of common variance among items is believed to be due to poorly constructed and unordered response options to many items. The primary recommendation is not to use the scale until it is revised to ensure that individual items as well as the scale produce meaningful results.