Development of the brief Spanish Cocaine Craving Questionnaire-General

Combining two different samples of cocaine users (N = 183), we tested the factor structure of a brief (12-item), Spanish version of the Cocaine Craving Questionnaire-General using confirmatory factor analysis. The four-factor model provided excellent fit to the measure. Moreover, the measure signifi...

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Published in:Psicothema 2008-11, Vol.20 (4), p.545
Main Authors: Muñoz García, Miguel A, Martínez, Julia A, Tejero, Antonio, Cepeda-Benito, Antonio
Format: Article
Language:eng ; spa
Subjects:
Cocaine
Cocaine-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Cocaine-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders - diagnosis
Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders - epidemiology
Humans
Language
Questionnaires
Severity of Illness Index
Spain
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Combining two different samples of cocaine users (N = 183), we tested the factor structure of a brief (12-item), Spanish version of the Cocaine Craving Questionnaire-General using confirmatory factor analysis. The four-factor model provided excellent fit to the measure. Moreover, the measure significantly differentiated between recent cocaine users and abstainers, as well as between participants with different levels of severity of drug-use history. Factor 1 expresses highly intense and overwhelming desires, Factor 2 expresses lack of self-control over cocaine use, Factor 3 items express lack of positive reinforcement expectancies, and Factor 4 expresses stimulating expectancies for cocaine use. The results revealed the validity of the CCQ-General brief as an instrument to assess cocaine craving in Spanish and supported the conceptualization of cocaine craving as a multifaceted construct.
ISSN:0214-9915
1886-144X