title: Drinking motives in clinical and general populations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper had three aims: (1) to validate a Spanish adaptation of the Modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (M DMQ-R), (2) to explore the relationship of each drinking motive with different patterns of alcohol use, and (3) to compare the drinking motives of moderate drinkers, heavy drinkers, and alcohol abusing/dependent individuals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two studies were carried out. In Study 1, a sample of 488 participants completed the M DMQ-R and a self-report scale of alcohol consumption in order to study the factor structure and different indices of reliability and validity of the Spanish M DMQ-R. In Study 2, we compared the drinking motives of moderate and heavy drinkers from Study 1 and an additional sample of 59 clinical drinkers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The M DMQ-R demonstrated sound reliability and validity indices. Coping-with-anxiety, social, and enhancement motives predicted higher alcohol use on weekends, but only coping-with-anxiety and social motives were related to consumption on weekdays. Furthermore, moderate drinkers had the lowest scores for all motives, whereas alcohol-dependent participants obtained the highest scores for negative reinforcement drinking motives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Spanish M DMQ-R is a reliable and valid measure of drinking motives and has potential for assisting with treatment planning for problem drinkers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Jaume I University, Castellón, Spain. lmezquit@psb.uji.es
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mezquita
authors.forename: Sherry H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Manuel I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Ibáñez
authors.forename: María A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ruipérez
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moya
authors.forename: Generós
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ortet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires