@article{ref1,
title="Validation of the four-dimensional structure of drinking motives among adults",
journal="European addiction research",
year="2013",
author="Crutzen, Rik and Kuntsche, Emmanuel",
volume="19",
number="4",
pages="222-226",
abstract="Background: In the motivational model of alcohol use, there are two dimensions underlying the classification of drinking motives resulting in four drinking motive categories: enhancement, social, coping, and conformity motives. Methods: Using confirmatory factor analysis, the current study provides evidence on the best fitting factor structure in a large representative general population study among adults in the Netherlands (n = 2,440; two data waves separated by 3 months) using the DMQ-R (Drinking Motives Questionnaire Revised). Results: The four-factor structure had the best fit at both time points in comparison with any other solution. Test-retest reliabilities indicate individual motive change in level over time, but not in terms of the four-factor structure. Conclusion: The results replicate and extend previous findings among adolescents, in line with the motivational model of alcohol use, and suggest the utility of using the DMQ-R in future studies on adults' drinking motives.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1022-6877",
doi="10.1159/000345457",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000345457"
}