A comparison of two alcohol craving questionnaires
A comparison of two alcohol craving questionnaires
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DOI：
10.1046/j.1360-0443.1998.937109113.x
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发表时间：
1998-07-01
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6
通讯作者：
Willner, P
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作者：
Love, A;James, D;Willner, P
瞄准。比较酒精渴求问卷(ACQ：Singleton，Henningfield&Tiffany，1994 a)和酒精欲望问卷(DAQ：Clark et at，1996)。设计、设置和参与者。这两份问卷都以一种平衡的顺序向380名休闲饮酒者进行了调查。在另一项研究中，对参加戒酒协会或治疗中心的131名饮酒者进行了DAQ的简化版本测试。对数据进行探索性因素分析，评估问卷得分与其他变量之间的关系。调查结果。在休闲饮酒者中，这两种仪器似乎都有三个因素的结构。DAQ在许多方面似乎优于ACQ：它产生了更可靠的因素；其结构在方差中所占的比例更高；因素之间的相关性较低；在两种工具的联合分析中，保留的大部分因素来自DAQ，DAQ对酗酒和不酗酒的人以及过度和适度饮酒的人有更好的区分。在酒精受试者的DAQ中发现了类似的因素结构，并增加了一个“可控性”的因素结论。结果支持酒精渴求的多因素解释，并表明DAQ作为研究工具比ACQ有一些优势。
Aim. To compare two multi-dimensional questionnaires to measure cravings and urges for alcohol: the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire (ACQ: Singleton, Henningfield & Tiffany, 1994a) and the Desires for Alcohol Questionnaire (DAQ: Clark et at, 1996). Design, setting and participants. Both questionnaires were administered, in a counterbalanced order, to a total of 380 recreational drinkers. In a further study, a shortened version of the DAQ was administered to a sample of 131 drinkers attending AA or a treatment centre. Exploratory factor analyses were carried out on the data and relationships between questionnaire score and other variables were assessed. Findings. In recreational drinkers both instruments appeared to have a three-factor structure. The DAQ appeared superior to the ACQ in a number of respects: it produced more reliable factors; its structure accounted for a higher proportion of the variance; the factor inter-correlations were somewhat lower; in a combined analysis of both instruments most of the factors retained came from the DAQ and the DAQ discriminated better between binge and non-binge drinkers and excessive and moderate drinkers. A similar factor structure was found for the DAQ in the alcoholic subjects with addition of a factor of "controllability" Conclusions. The results support a multifactorial account of alcohol craving, and indicate that the DAQ has some advantages over the ACQ as a research tool.