title: An Exploration of the Four-Factor Structure of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised Among Undergraduate Students in China.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  College drinking has become a significant health issue in China; the current study addressed the gap that no prior research has investigated drinking motives among Chinese undergraduate students.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to replicate the four-factor structure of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (DMQ-R) reported for Western populations. Additionally, the relationships between drinking motives and alcohol use were investigated.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2012, 436 participants (mean age = 20.49 and SD = 1.49; 50% male) recruited from a college in China completed a self-administered survey in their classroom setting. Drinking motives were measured by the Chinese version of the DMQ-R; three indicators of alcohol use were assessed. Factor analysis was conducted to examine the factor structure of the DMQ-R, followed by regression analysis to investigate the associations between drinking motives and alcohol-related outcomes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Confirmatory factor analysis failed to replicate the measurement model tested, but exploratory factor analysis identified a similar four-dimensional factor structure. Reliability and convergent and discriminant validity of the four factors were acceptable. The results also showed that social motives were related to alcohol use and heavy drinking; conformity motives were related to alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. Enhancement motives were the strongest correlates of alcohol use; coping motives were the strongest correlates of heavy drinking and alcohol-related problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The DMQ-R was a reliable and valid scale measuring four types of drinking motives among Chinese college students. Findings suggested that the motivational model of alcohol use may apply to studying college drinking in China.
authors.affiliation: a Sichuan Provincial CDC , Chengdu , China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: b Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education , Emory University , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Windle
authors.affiliation: b Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education , Emory University , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
authors.forename: Nancy J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000067292:Alcohol Drinking in College / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012919:Social Behavior; D012925:Social Conformity; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Chinese; alcohol use; college students; drinking motives