title: Confirmatory factor analysis of the Brazilian version of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (DMQ-R).
abstract: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the factor structure of the Brazilian version of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (DMQ-R; Cooper, 1994) in a sample of 584 university students. A secondary goal was to investigate the relationships between motives and measures of alcohol use and drinking problems. The DMQ-R assesses four motive dimensions: social, enhancement, coping, and conformity. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a revised four-factor model identical to the original, with the exception of one item that did not load on its intended factor. Relative to coping and conformity motives, enhancement and social motives were strongly related to both alcohol use and drinking problems. Overall results indicate that the factor structure of the Brazilian DMQ-R parallels that observed in North America and Europe using the original English language DMQ-R, despite a distinct pattern of relationships with alcohol use and drinking problems.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. hauck_psychology@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hauck-Filho
authors.forename: Marco Antonio Pereira
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: M Lynne
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D001938:Brazil; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012925:Social Conformity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult