Measuring alcohol-related consequences and motives among students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
BACKGROUND
College student drinkers have the propensity to engage in heavy alcohol consumption. These consumption patterns can be problematic given the well-established relationship between heavy drinking and negative consequences of alcohol consumption. Though the research on college student drinking is abundant, much of the work conducted has been with Caucasian samples and less so with African American samples or at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).


METHODS
The current paper assessed the internal reliability and concurrent validity of two popular measures of alcohol related negative consequences (CAPS-r and YAACQ) and a measure of drinking motives (DMQ-R) within a HBCU sample.


RESULTS
Total scores for the CAPS-r and YAACQ and all five subscales of the DMQ-R were internally reliable as determined by Cronbach's alpha. Correlations and regressions established concurrent validity for both measures of negative consequences as well as the subscales for the DMQ-R.


CONCLUSIONS
Findings support the use of these measures in the assessment of negative consequences and motivations for alcohol consumption within a HBCU population.
Auburn University, Department of Psychology, 226 Thach Hall, Auburn, AL 36830, United States.
Bryan G
BG
Messina
Auburn University, Department of Psychology, 226 Thach Hall, Auburn, AL 36830, United States.
Andy
A
Tseng
Auburn University, Department of Psychology, 226 Thach Hall, Auburn, AL 36830, United States. Electronic address: correcj@auburn.edu.
Christopher J
CJ
Correia
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000367:Age Factors; D000067292:Alcohol Drinking in College / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D044383:Black People / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012737:Sex Factors; D015144:Southeastern United States / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult; D001741:Black or African American
Alcohol; College students; HBCU; Motivations; Negative consequences