Psychometric Evaluation of the Approach and Avoidance of Alcohol Questionnaire in a Community Sample.
Psychometric Evaluation of the Approach and Avoidance of Alcohol Questionnaire in a Community Sample.
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社区样本中饮酒行为和避免行为问卷的心理测量评估。
DOI：
10.1007/s10862-019-09740-3
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Schlauch,RobertC
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作者：
Noyes,EmilyT;Levine,JacobA;Schlauch,RobertC
与大多数只考虑使用欲望的酒精渴求理论相反，渴求的矛盾心理模型（AMC）将渴求概念化为二维的同时存在的消费（接近）和不消费（避免）酒精的欲望。与AMC一致，接近和避免酒精问卷（AAAQ）是一个14项自我报告的措施，旨在评估酒精接近和避免倾向。AAAQ的分数在临床和大学生人群中具有较高的信度和效度，在酒精使用障碍（AUDs）患者的临床样本中出现了两个因素的解决方案，在大学生样本中出现了三个因素的解决方案。然而，尽管有一些研究检查AAAQ在临床和大学生样本中的使用，据我们所知，还没有任何心理测量评估的AAAQ在社区样本。目前的研究探讨了AAAQ的心理测量学特性，通过研究在社区样本（N= 537）的因素结构。与先前使用非临床样本的研究结果一致，三因素解决方案最适合数据，并且在性别之间保持不变。此外，所有这三个因素都与饮酒行为的变量显着相关。这些结果表明，AAAQ提供了有效和可靠的分数，测量方法和避免倾向的社区人群。
Contrary to most theories of alcohol craving, which only consider desires to use, the Ambivalence Model of Craving (AMC) conceptualizes craving bi-dimensionally as the concurrent desires to consume (approach) and desires not to consume (avoid) alcohol. Consistent with the AMC, the Approach and Avoidance of Alcohol Questionnaire (AAAQ) is a 14-item self-reported measure designed to assess alcohol approach and avoidance inclinations. Scores on the AAAQ have been shown to have high reliability and validity in clinical and college student populations, with a two-factor solution emerging in clinical samples of patients with Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs) and a three-factor solution in samples of college students. However, despite a number of studies examining the use of the AAAQ in clinical and college student samples, to the best of our knowledge there have not been any psychometric evaluations of the AAAQ in community samples. The current study examined the psychometric properties of the AAAQ by examining the factor structure in a community sample (N= 537). Consistent with the results of previous studies utilizing non-clinical samples, a three-factor solution fit the data best and was invariant across gender. Additionally, all three factors were significantly associated with variables of drinking behavior. These results suggest that the AAAQ provides valid and reliable scores that measure approach and avoidance inclinations in community populations.