Validation of a Questionnaire of Motivations for Moderated and Severe Alcohol Consumption Among College Students.

ABSTRACT: Objective: This work aimed to develop and validate a scale to assess motivations for alcohol drinking among Mexican college students. Methods: The scale design consisted of applying a stimulus phrase to assess motivations for moderate alcohol drinking (up to three drinks per occasion) and severe alcohol consumption (four or more drinks) in 130 college students. The semantic network technique was applied to identify 15 defining motivations (with more considerable semantic weight) for each drinking level, constituting the pilot scale. The pilot scale was validated on 307 students from a public university in Mexico (255 with moderate drinking and 82 with severe consumption). Results: The final number of items per level of drinking was 10 (moderate drinking) and 13 (severe

SUBMITTER: Lerma A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11817057 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature