Cross-cultural examination of the five-factor model of drinking motives in Spanish and Canadian undergraduates

This study aims to test the cross-cultural suitability of Modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (M DMQ-R) (Grant, Stewart, O'Connor, Blackwell, & Conrod, 2007). The sample included 571 Spanish and 571 Canadian undergraduates between the ages of 18 and 22 (65.8% women). The confirm...

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Published in:Adicciones (Palma de Mallorca) 2016-06, Vol.28 (4), p.215-220
Main Authors: Mezquita, Laura, Stewart, Sherry H, Kuntsche, Emmanuel, Grant, Valerie V
Format: Article
Language:eng ; spa
Subjects:
Adolescent
Alcohol Drinking in College - psychology
Canada
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Female
Humans
Male
Models, Psychological
Motivation
Psychometrics
Self Report
Spain
Young Adult
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Summary:This study aims to test the cross-cultural suitability of Modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (M DMQ-R) (Grant, Stewart, O'Connor, Blackwell, & Conrod, 2007). The sample included 571 Spanish and 571 Canadian undergraduates between the ages of 18 and 22 (65.8% women). The confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated factorial invariance between samples. The regression analysis showed that social, enhancement and low conformity motives were related to drinking frequency and drinking quantity in the total sample. No moderation effect of country on predicting alcohol consumption was found. The results suggest that M DMQ-R is a suitable instrument for comparing drinking motives across Spanish and Canadian undergraduates, and that motives-focused prevention and treatment programmes developed in one country could be generalised to another.
ISSN:0214-4840
DOI:10.20882/adicciones.822