title: [Development and psychometric assessment of the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire for Argentinean Children (CEA-N)].
abstract: A new measure of positive and negative alcohol expectancies for children aged 8 to 12 years was developed and validated. Study 1: 117 children answered a structured open-format question to provide information regarding the effects of alcohol use that they anticipate. The pool of items obtained was analyzed by a group of three experts according to the following criteria: item correspondence with two different theoretical models and item semantic clarity. Following analysis of the agreement between judges, a set of 55 items was obtained. Study 2: 209 children answered the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire for Children (CEA-N). Internal structure was analyzed through the use of exploratory factor analysis. A principal components analysis with oblimin rotation yielded a five-factor structure. The measure was found to demonstrate good internal consistency for the global and 'risk and aggression' scales, and moderate internal consistency for the remaining four scales: sociability, relaxation, courage and negative mood. These results indicate that the CEA-N is a valid and reliable measure for assessing alcohol expectancies in Argentinean children.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Psicología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina. angepilatti@gmail.com
authors.forename: Angelina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pilatti
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Godoy
authors.forename: Silvina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alejandra Brussino
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001118:Argentina; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires