title: Measuring motivations for intercollegiate athlete alcohol use: a confirmatory factor analysis of the drinking motives measure.
abstract: This study examined the psychometric properties of the Drinking Motives Measure (DMM) on a sample of 227 collegiate athletes. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the 4-factor structure of the DMM provided a better fit than either 2- or 1-factor models, but the overall fit of the 4-factor model was moderate at best. A revised 3-factor model consistent with prior research (M. L. Cooper, M. Russell, J. B. Skinner, & M. Windle, 1992) provided the best fit. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated that the 3 DMM factors included in the revised model accounted for 17%-21% of the unique variance on alcohol consumption variables. Results provide preliminary evidence supporting the internal consistency, construct validity, and convergent validity of the revised 3-factor DMM with collegiate athletes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA. mmartens@uamail.albany.edu
authors.forename: Matthew P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Martens
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Niels C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: P Paul
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Heppner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013177:Sports / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities