Short form of a situational temptation scale for heavy, episodic drinking.
OBJECTIVE
A short form for situational temptations to drink scale was developed from an original 21-item inventory by Migneault.


METHODS
The form measured four hypothesized subscales of temptations on a sample of 348 college drinkers (66% female). Peer pressure, social anxiety, negative affect, and positive/social situations subscales were replicated and reduced.


RESULTS
Strong empirical support was found for a hierarchical model, indicating that the four subscales can be summed to provide a global measure of situational temptations. Confirmatory factor results, internal and external validity, and high correlations with the original measures indicate that the short form was as psychometrically valid as the original measure.


CONCLUSIONS
Measures of external validity demonstrated the applicability of this measure to heavy drinking prevention programs.
Maddock
J E
JE
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu 96813, USA. jmaddock@crch.hawaii.edu
LaForge
R G
RG
Rossi
J S
JS
D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012932:Social Facilitation; D013695:Temperance / Q000523:psychology*