Ward L C, Rothaus P
Veterans Administration Medical Center Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
J Clin Psychol. 1991 May;47(3):465-8. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(199105)47:3<465::aid-jclp2270470322>3.0.co;2-j.
Two hundred male alcoholics were given 94 true-false items constructed to characterize alcoholic defensiveness, and a factor analysis revealed two strong factors. The first factor (Denial) was correlated with items that asserted an ability to control one's drinking, denied being an alcoholic or needing treatment, or minimized the consequences of alcohol abuse. Items that loaded the other factor (Rationalization) gave reasons, justifications, and excuses for drinking. Two derived scales were examined in a replication sample of 66 male alcoholics, and alpha coefficients (.84 and .85) from the first sample did not show undue shrinkage in the second (.86 and .77).
两百名男性酗酒者接受了94道用于描述酗酒防御性的是非题，因子分析揭示了两个强因子。第一个因子（否认）与断言有控制饮酒能力、否认自己是酗酒者或需要治疗、或最小化酗酒后果的题目相关。加载另一个因子（合理化）的题目给出了饮酒的理由、辩解和借口。在66名男性酗酒者的重复样本中检验了两个派生量表，第一个样本的阿尔法系数（0.84和0.85）在第二个样本中（0.86和0.77）并未出现过度收缩。
