title: Psychometric properties of the Attitudes Scale facing Alcohol and Alcoholism in nursing students.
abstract: to verify the psychometric properties of the Attitudes Scale facing Alcohol and Alcoholism (EAFAA) and people with disorders related to the use of alcohol in nursing students.
  
  
  
  a convenience sample (n=420) completed the EAFAA, the data were submitted to Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA).
  
  
  
  the EFA resulted in an instrument composed of 48 items divided into four factors. The CFA has established the validity of the factorial structure. The internal consistency of the scale was considered adequate (α=0.85) presenting a sensitivity of 70% and specificity of 75%.
  
  
  
  the EAFAA constitutes a reliable instrument to identify the attitudes of nursing students towards alcohol, alcoholism and persons with disorders related to alcohol use.
authors.affiliation: PhD, Associate Professor, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Divane de
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: MSc, RN, Hospital Alemão Osvaldo Cruz, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Mota
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D000434:Alcoholic Beverages; D000437:Alcoholism; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D057566:Self Report; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*