Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Psicología, Córdoba, Argentina; Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, IIPSI, Unidad Ejecutora CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina.
Department of Psychology, University of Buffalo, New York, NY, USA.
Addict Behav. 2018 Jun;81:134-142. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.01.019. Epub 2018 Jan 31.
The present study was divided into two different stages that sought to develop (Stage 1) and validate (Stage 2) the Argentinean-version of the Pregaming Motives Questionnaire (PMQ-Arg), a new, ecologically valid measure to assess pregaming (i.e., the consumption of alcohol prior to attending a social/sporting event where alcohol may or may not be available) motives among Spanish-speaking youth.
Two separate samples of Argentinian young adults (all last-year pregamers) were recruited by disseminating an invitation through online social networks and e-mail listings.
In Stage 1, a total of 635 participants answered an open-ended question about their reasons for pregaming. In Stage 2 (n=361), exploratory factor analysis was conducted with the preliminary set of high-quality, high-frequency pregaming motives that were obtained in Stage 1, yielding a final 23-item measure that was grouped in four factors: (i) Intoxication and Fun, (ii) Gathering and Social Enhancement, (iii) Going with the Flow, and (iv) Beverage Preference. Despite some broad similarities with measures that were developed with U.S. young adults, the present results indicated that the narrow content of some items of the PMQ-Arg were somewhat unique, possibly reflecting cultural differences between the United States and Argentina. The findings supported the adequate reliability, discriminant validity, convergent validity, and criterion-related validity of PMQ-Arg scores.
The findings suggest that the PMQ-Arg meets the psychometric requirements of validity and reliability for its use to assess reasons for pregaming among Spanish-speaking youth.
本研究分为两个不同阶段，旨在开发（第一阶段）和验证（第二阶段）阿根廷版的赛前动机问卷（PMQ-Arg），这是一种新的、生态有效的测量工具，用于评估西班牙语裔青年的赛前饮酒（即在参加社交/体育活动前饮酒，这些活动中可能提供或不提供酒精）动机。
通过在在线社交网络和电子邮件列表中发布邀请，招募了两组不同的阿根廷年轻成年人（均为去年的赛前饮酒者）。
在第一阶段，共有 635 名参与者回答了一个关于他们赛前饮酒原因的开放式问题。在第二阶段（n=361），对第一阶段获得的高质量、高频次的赛前饮酒动机进行了探索性因素分析，得出了最终的 23 项措施，分为四个因素：（i）陶醉和乐趣，（ii）聚集和社交增强，（iii）随波逐流，和（iv）饮料偏好。尽管与美国年轻人开发的测量方法有一些广泛的相似之处，但本研究结果表明，PMQ-Arg 的一些项目的内容有些独特，可能反映了美国和阿根廷之间的文化差异。研究结果支持 PMQ-Arg 得分的适当可靠性、判别有效性、收敛有效性和标准相关有效性。
研究结果表明，PMQ-Arg 符合有效性和可靠性的心理测量要求，可用于评估西班牙语裔青年的赛前饮酒原因。
