Measuring alcohol expectancies in youth

Karen A. Randolph; Mary A. Gerend; Brenda A. Miller

doi:10.1007/s10964-006-9072-3

Measuring alcohol expectancies in youth

Karen A. Randolph^*, Mary A. Gerend, Brenda A. Miller

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Abstract

Beliefs about the consequences of using alcohol, alcohol expectancies, are powerful predictors of underage drinking. The Alcohol Expectancies Questionnaire-Adolescent form (AEQ-A) has been widely used to measure expectancies in youth. Despite its broad use, the factor structure of the AEQ-A has not been firmly established. It is also not known whether it assesses similar constructs (i.e., measurement invariance) between boys and girls. This article reports on a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of a shortened version of the AEQ-A with 310 youth, ages 10-16, to determine whether a two factor, positive and negative expectancy structure held for this sample and to test measurement invariance across gender. The results support evidence of a 2-factor, positive and negative structure for the abbreviated version of the AEQ-A and show that it assesses equivalent alcohol expectancy constructs among males and females. These findings have important implications for cognitive based approaches to alcohol prevention.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	939-948
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume	35
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-006-9072-3
State	Published - Dec 2006

Funding

Acknowledgements Work on this project was supported by a grant from the Florida State University awarded to Karen A. Randolph. The original study was supported by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Grant R01 AA007554-11S1 awarded to Brenda A. Miller. The authors gratefully acknowledge comments from Francis Berry, Frank Fincham, Alan Lang, and Eugene Maguin on earlier drafts. A copy of the Alcohol Expectancies Questionnaire-Adolescent form can be obtained by contacting the Alcohol & Substance Use Research Institute, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, (813)-974-6963, [email protected].

Keywords

AEQ-A
Alcohol expectancies
Measurement invariance
Youth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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