Development and initial validation of the Worry-Reduction Alcohol Expectancy Scale

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2383-2390

  Smith, Joshua P ^a   Tran, Giao Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol expectancies; Factor structure; Generalized anxiety; Heavy drinking; Scale development; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORRY REDUCTION ALCOHOL EXPECTANCY SCALE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; CULTURE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 34547555958     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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