title: Using the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire-Adolescent Form to predict college drinking: long versus short forms.
abstract: This study reports the development of a short form of the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire-Adolescent Form, consisting of 27 items measuring expectations of enhanced social behavior and enhanced cognitive and motor functioning. The goals of this study are to examine whether the AEQ-A can be used in a college population and whether a shortened version is a reliable and valid substitute. The reliability and predictive validity of this instrument was assessed in a college population (N = 377) by replication of previous work predicting drinking styles from expectancies. Scale 2 of the short form predicted drinking styles as well as the seven long-form scales. The results suggest the new instrument will be useful in expediting future research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Rather
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012718:Set, Psychology; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment