title: Factor structure and psychometrics of the Adolescent Health Risk Behavior survey instrument.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the factor structure and psychometric properties of data collected with the Adolescent Health Risk Behavior Survey (AHRBS) instrument.
  
  
  METHODS
  Measures of the AHRBS instrument were tested using statistical analyses to assess validity and reliability of data collected from a sample of 1992 Indiana adolescents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Factor analyses yielded a 13-factor solution with acceptable model fit statistics. Tests of internal consistency reliability for data in instrument scales ranged from 0.455 to 0.916. Measures were consistent across adolescent subdemographic categories.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The AHRBS instrument is a valuable tool for investigating adolescent drug use.
authors.affiliation: School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA. matlsmit@tamu.edu
authors.forename: Matthew Lee
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: E Lisako J
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: McKyer
authors.forename: Ross A A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011584:Psychology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012309:Risk-Taking; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*