Español 11-21 (Español (España))
FLIP
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:
Acta Colombiana de Psicología complies with international intellectual property and copyright laws, and particularly with Article No. 58 of the Political Constitution of Colombia, Law No. 23 of 1982, and the Agreement No. 172 of September 30, 2010 (Universidad Católica de Colombia Intellectual Property Regulation).
Authors retain their copyright and grant to the Acta Colombiana de Psicología the right of first publication, with the work registered under Creative Commons attribution license, which allows third parties to use the published material, provided they credit the authorship of the work and the first publication in this Journal.
Abstract
The aim of this article was to analyze the psychometric properties of an adapted version of the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire Adolescents (AEQ-A) in university students from Mar del Plata city, Argentina. Expectancies about the effects of alcohol refer to the beliefs that people hold about the consequences of alcohol consumption on behavior. Expectancies have been related to drinking initiation and maintenance, and to habitual drinking patterns. Although several questionnaires have been developed to measure expectancies, the AEQ-A has been one of the most frequently used. Studies in different cultural contexts have shown that, given expectancies’ cultural variability, the questionnaire must be adapted to each particular context. A version of the AEQ-A previously validated in Mar del Plata, Argentina, was used, consisting of 40 items measured on a (true / false) dichotomous scale. The sample consisted of 1076 psychology students from the National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyzes were performed. The factorial analysis resulted in six factors containing 37 items. Internal consistency of each subscale was adequate. Concurrent validity was satisfactory inasmuch as scores on the subscales about beliefs associated with positive effects of consumption in social situations relate to heavy episodic drinking. Instruments like this one to evaluate expectancies, will allow the study of psychosocial factors associated with consumption and provide useful information to develop prevention strategies.
Keywords:
References
Aas, H. (1993). Adaptation of the alcohol expectancy questionnaire (AEQ-A): A short version for use among 13-year-olds in Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 34(2), 107-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.1993.tb01106.x
Barroso, T., Mendes, A., & Barbosa, A. (2012). Adaptação cultural e validação da versão portuguesa da escala de expectativas acerca do álcool: Versão adolescentes. Revista de Enfermagem Referência, (8), 17-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.12707/RIII1242
Blume, A. W., & Blume, A. K. (2014). Alcohol outcome expectancies and consequences: Do people think themselves into and out of consequences? In C. Pracana (Ed.), Psychology Applications & Developments, 17- 23. Portugal: In Science Press.
Brown, S. A., Christiansen, B. A., & Goldman, M. S. (1987). The Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire: an instrument for the assessment of adolescent and adult alcohol expectancies. Journal of studies on alcohol, 48(5), 483-491. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1987.48.483
Brown, S. A., Goldman, M. S., Inn, A., & Anderson, L. R. (1980). Expectations of reinforcement from alcohol: Their domain and relation to drinking patterns. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 48(4), 419-426.
Brown, T. (2006). Confirmatory factor analysis for applied research. New York: Guildford.
Christiansen, B. A., Goldman, M. S., & Inn, A. (1982). Development of alcohol-related expectancies in adolescents: Separating pharmacological from social-learning influences. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 50(3), 336-344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.50.3.336
Conde, K., Lichtenberger, A., & Peltzer, R. I. (2013).Validez de los cuestionarios de expectativas hacia el consumo de alcohol. Investigaciones Andina, 16(28), 881-897.
Conde, K., Remaggi, M. L., & Cremonte, M. (2014). Alcohol y Amnesia en Universitarios de Argentina y España: Prevalencia y Predicción. Health and Addictions/Salud y Drogas, 14(1), 37-46.
Fachini, A., & Furtado, E. F. (2012). Diferenças de gênero sobre expectativas do uso de álcool. Rev Psiquiatr Clín (São Paulo), 39(2), 68-73.
Fachini, A., & Furtado, E. F. (2014). Uso de álcool e expectativas do beber entre universitários: uma análise das diferenças entre os sexos. Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, 29(4), 421-428.
Fisher, L. B., Miles, I. W., Austin, S. B., Camargo Jr, C. A., & Colditz, G. A. (2007). Predictors of initiation of alcohol use among US adolescents: Findings from a prospective cohort study. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 161(10), 959. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.161.10.959
Gálvez-Buccollini, J. A., Paz-Soldán, V. A., Herrera, P. M., DeLea, S., & Gilman, R. H. (2009). Gender differences in sexrelated alcohol expectancies in young adults from a periurban area in Lima, Peru. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 25(6), 499-505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S102049892009000600005
Herrán, O. F., & Ardila, M. F. (2009). Expectancies toward the intake of alcohol in young adults of Bucaramanga, Colombia, 2005. Colombia Médica, 40(3), 282-291.
Jones, B. T., Corbin, W., & Fromme, K. (2001). A review of expectancy theory and alcohol consumption. Addiction, 96(1), 57-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.13600443.2001.961575.x
Karam, E., Kypri, K., & Salamoun, M. (2007). Alcohol use among college students: An international perspective. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 20(3), 213-221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0b013e3280fa836c
Kline, R. B. (1996). Eight-month predictive validity and covariance structure of the alcohol expectancy questionnaire for adolescents (AEQ-A) for junior high school students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 57(4), 396. http://dx.doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1996.57.396
Kouimtsidis, C., Stahl, D., West, R., & Drummond, C. (2014). How important are positive and negative outcome expectancies in the treatment of addiction: a narrative review of the literature. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 14(3), 137-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DAT-11-2013-0051
Leigh, B. C. (1989). In search of the seven dwarves: Issues of measurement and meaning in alcohol expectancy research. Psychological Bulletin, 105(3), 361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.105.3.361
Leigh, B. C., & Stacy, A. W. (2004). Alcohol expectancies and drinking in different age groups. Addiction, 99(2), 215-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2003.00641.x
Lichtenberger, A., Marconato, M., & Cremonte, M. (2011, agosto). Expectativas hacia el consumo de alcohol y su relación con el consumo problemático y los trastornos por uso. Trabajo presentado en la XIII Reunión Nacional y II Encuentro Internacional de la Asociación Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento, Entre Ríos.
Londoño, C., García, W., Valencia, S. C., & Vinaccia, S. (2005). Expectativas frente al consumo de alcohol en jóvenes universitarios colombianos. Anales de Psicología, 21 (2), 259267.
Merino, C. (2015). ICalfa: módulo Excel para estimar intervalos de confianza para alfa de Cronbach. Programa no publicado.
Miller, P. M., Smith, G. T., & Goldman, M. S. (1990). Emergence of alcohol expectancies in childhood: A possible critical period. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 51(4), 343. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1990.51.343
Mora-Ríos, J., Natera, G., Villatoro, J., & Villalvazo, R. (2000). Validez factorial del cuestionario de expectativas hacia el alcohol (AEQ) en estudiantes universitarios. Psicología Conductual, 8(2), 319-328.
Norman, G. R., Streiner, D. L., & Tarrés, J. (1996). Bioestadística. Mosby/Doyma Libros Madrid.
Observatorio Argentino de Drogas. (2006). Estudio acerca del Consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en estudiantes universitarios del interior del país. Buenos Aires: La Secretaría de Programación para la Prevención de la Drogadicción y la Lucha contra el Narcotráfico.
Organización Mundial de la Salud (2010). Estrategia mundial para reducir el uso nocivo de alcohol. Ginebra, Suiza: Organización Mundial de la Salud.
Perez-Aranibar, C. C., Van den Broucke, S., & Fontaine, J. (2005). Validation of the alcohol expectancy questionnaire (AEQ-A) for Peruvian university students. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 49(3), 63.
Peuker, A. C., Fogaça, J., & Bizarro, L. (2006). Expectativas e beber problemático entre universitários. Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, 22(2), 193-200.
Pilatti, A., Godoy, J. C., & Brussino, S. A. (2010). Construcción y valoración de las propiedades psicométricas del cuestionario de expectativas hacia el alcohol para niños de argentina (CEA-N). Adicciones: Revista de Sociodroga alcohol, 22(2), 113-124. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.200
Rather, B. C. (1990). Using the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire - Adolescent form to predict college drinking: long versus short forms. Addictive Behaviors, 15, 567-572. doi: 10.1016/0306-4603(90)90058-6
Revelle, W. (2012). Procedures for psychological, psychometric, and personality research. Acessoem, 9.
Room, R., & Mäkelä, K. (2000). Typologies of the cultural position of drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 61(3), 475. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15288/jsa.2000.61.475
Rosseel, Y. (2012). Lavaan: An R package for structural equation modeling. Journal of Statistical Software, 48(2), 1-36.
White, A., & Hingson, R. (2014). The burden of alcohol use: Excessive alcohol consumption and related consequences among college students. Alcohol research: current reviews, 35(2), 201.
Reference by
