Internal consistency and factor structure of the adherence scale for alcoholics anonymous
The objective of the article was to estimate the internal consistency and factor structure of the Adherence Scale for Alcoholics Anonymous Groups. The scale was applied to 257 alcoholic patients who had been admitted for treatment in 3 hospitals in Porto Alegre, about 6 months earlier. The scale was...
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| author | Mauro Barbosa Terra Helena Maria Tannhauser Barros Airton Tetelbom Stein Ivan Figueira Luciana Dias Athayde Dartiu Xavier da Silveira |
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| description | The objective of the article was to estimate the internal consistency and factor structure of the Adherence Scale for Alcoholics Anonymous Groups. The scale was applied to 257 alcoholic patients who had been admitted for treatment in 3 hospitals in Porto Alegre, about 6 months earlier. The scale was produced based on an adaptation of the Drug Attitude Inventory Scale. Internal consistency was measured using Cronbach alpha. Data were subjected to a principal component analysis. The coefficient of internal consistency was 0.71. All items showed corrected item-total correlation coefficients above 0.29. Questionnaire items with factor loading of 0.57 or above were considered in the final factor solution. The factor analysis resulted in 2 dimensions which corresponded to 67.01% of the total variance. This scale appears to be a valid instrument for use in a population of alcoholic patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c1b7c5ee6b284685a28345721e8211542022-12-21T18:30:24ZengPontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasEstudos de Psicologia (Campinas)0103-166X1982-027528110711310.1590/S0103-166X2011000100011S0103-166X2011000100011Internal consistency and factor structure of the adherence scale for alcoholics anonymousMauro Barbosa Terra0Helena Maria Tannhauser Barros1Airton Tetelbom Stein2Ivan Figueira3Luciana Dias Athayde4Dartiu Xavier da Silveira5Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto AlegreUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto AlegreUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto AlegreUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto AlegreUniversidade Federal de São PauloThe objective of the article was to estimate the internal consistency and factor structure of the Adherence Scale for Alcoholics Anonymous Groups. The scale was applied to 257 alcoholic patients who had been admitted for treatment in 3 hospitals in Porto Alegre, about 6 months earlier. The scale was produced based on an adaptation of the Drug Attitude Inventory Scale. Internal consistency was measured using Cronbach alpha. Data were subjected to a principal component analysis. The coefficient of internal consistency was 0.71. All items showed corrected item-total correlation coefficients above 0.29. Questionnaire items with factor loading of 0.57 or above were considered in the final factor solution. The factor analysis resulted in 2 dimensions which corresponded to 67.01% of the total variance. This scale appears to be a valid instrument for use in a population of alcoholic patients.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-166X2011000100011&lng=en&tlng=enalcoholismalcoholics anonymousinternal consistencyfactor analysis |
| spellingShingle | Mauro Barbosa Terra Helena Maria Tannhauser Barros Airton Tetelbom Stein Ivan Figueira Luciana Dias Athayde Dartiu Xavier da Silveira Internal consistency and factor structure of the adherence scale for alcoholics anonymous Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas) alcoholism alcoholics anonymous internal consistency factor analysis |
| title | Internal consistency and factor structure of the adherence scale for alcoholics anonymous |
| title_full | Internal consistency and factor structure of the adherence scale for alcoholics anonymous |
| title_fullStr | Internal consistency and factor structure of the adherence scale for alcoholics anonymous |
| title_full_unstemmed | Internal consistency and factor structure of the adherence scale for alcoholics anonymous |
| title_short | Internal consistency and factor structure of the adherence scale for alcoholics anonymous |
| title_sort | internal consistency and factor structure of the adherence scale for alcoholics anonymous |
| topic | alcoholism alcoholics anonymous internal consistency factor analysis |
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