Escala de Motivos para Cesar/Reducir el Consumo de Alcohol: propiedades psicométricas

Karina Conde; Aldana Lichtenberger; Raquel Inés Peltzer; Mariana Cremonte

doi:10.5354/0719-0581.2016.42776

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Reasons for Stop/Reduce Alcohol Consumption Scale: Psychometric Properties

Authors

Karina Conde Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Aldana Lichtenberger Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Raquel Inés Peltzer Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
Mariana Cremonte Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

Vol. 25 No. 2 (2016)

https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2016.42776

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a scale of motives to cease or reduce alcohol consumption in university students in terms of dimensionality, item level, internal consistency, and concurrent validity. The sample was constituted by 377 psychology students from the Universidad Nacional del Mar del Plata. Through an anonymous and confidential questionnaire, motives to cease or reduce alcohol consumption were enquired with a 20-item scale developed from qualitative answers, and as validation criteria, the habitual alcohol quantity consumed and the motivation to change ruler. Exploratory and confirmatory factorial analyses, reliability and bivariated analysis were performed. The exploratory and confirmatory factorial analyses pointed to a three-dimensional structure labeled as alcohol rejection, health and vital changes, and severe consequences of alcohol consumption. Reliability coefficients were satisfactory. Relationships were found between the first two dimensions and the quantity of alcohol consumed, and between motivation to change and health and vital changes dimension. The difference between hypothetical and real motives for change and the role of severe consequences of alcohol consumption in groups of higher alcohol consumption are discussed.

Keywords:

MCR-A, alcohol consumption, university, Argentina

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Conde, K., Lichtenberger, A., Peltzer, R. I., & Cremonte, M. (2016). Reasons for Stop/Reduce Alcohol Consumption Scale: Psychometric Properties. Revista De Psicología, 25(2). https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2016.42776