title: Motivation for change in alcohol dependent outpatients from Brazil.
abstract: The general aim of this study was to investigate the reliability and factor structure of the stages of change readiness and treatment eagerness scale (SOCRATES) in 326 outpatients with alcohol dependence. The questionnaire was translated and cross-culturally adapted into Portuguese and back-translated to English. The confirmatory factor analysis showed that two correlated factors provided the best fit for the data.
authors.affiliation: Alcohol and Drug Research Unit, Department Psychiatry, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. neliana_figlie@uol.com.br
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Figlie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laranjeira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001938:Brazil; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires