Construction and valuation of the psychometric properties of the Adolescent Alcohol Consumption Context Questionnaire (CCCA-A)

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Published: Sep 2, 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v1.n1.5300
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drinking contexts, development, psychometric assessment, adolescent

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Angelina Pilatti
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología. Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica. Laboratorio de Psicología
Silvina Alejandra Brussino
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología. Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica. Laboratorio de Psicología Cognitiva

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A new measure of drinking contexts in adolescents was developed and validated. Phase 1: 212 participants answered three structured open format questions to gather information regarding why, with whom and where adolescents drink alcohol. The pool of items was analyzed by a group of three experts according to the following criteria: item correspondence with two different theoretical models and item semantic correctness. According with the evaluation of the agreement between judges, a set of 47 items was obtained. Phase 2: 275 participants answered the Drinking Contexts Questionnaire –Adolescent form (CCCAA). Internal structure was analyzed through the use of exploratory factor analysis. A principal component analysis with oblimin rotation (promax) yielded a four factor structure. The measure was found to demonstrate very good internal consistency for the four scales: social facilitation, peer pressure, stress control and parental control. These results indicate that CCCA-A is a valid and reliable measure to assess drinking contexts in Argentinean adolescents.

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Construction and valuation of the psychometric properties of the Adolescent Alcohol Consumption Context Questionnaire (CCCA-A). (2009). Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1(1), 13-24. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v1.n1.5300
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Angelina Pilatti, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología. Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica. Laboratorio de Psicología

Lic. en Psicología. Becaria CONICET.

Silvina Alejandra Brussino, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología. Secretaría de Ciencia y Técnica. Laboratorio de Psicología Cognitiva

Doctora en Psicología. Investigadora del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET).

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Construction and valuation of the psychometric properties of the Adolescent Alcohol Consumption Context Questionnaire (CCCA-A). (2009). Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1(1), 13-24. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v1.n1.5300

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