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The Chinese version of the drinking-related locus-of-control scale: A confirmatory factor analysis
- Source :
- Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 34:333-339
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2008.
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Abstract
- Internal control beliefs appear to be important factors in recovery from alcoholism. However, no instrument for assessing drinking-related locus of control has been developed in Taiwan. After translating the drinking-related locus-of-control scale (DRIE) into Chinese, we examined the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the DRIE in alcohol-dependent patients. A total sample of 161 alcohol-dependent patients received treatment for alcoholism in psychiatric hospital outpatient and inpatient units. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on three-factor, two-factor, and one-factor measurement models of the DRIE based on prior studies. The results indicated that the one-factor model of the DRIE provided goodness of fit to the data in this study. The Chinese version of the DRIE has been demonstrated to be a reliable and valid tool for the assessment of locus-of-control beliefs in alcohol-dependent patients.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Male
Mental Health Services
Psychometrics
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Test validity
Developmental psychology
Asian People
Goodness of fit
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
Mass Screening
Psychiatric hospital
Translations
Internal-External Control
Language
Construct validity
Confirmatory factor analysis
Hospitalization
Alcoholism
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Locus of control
Convergent validity
Female
Pshychiatric Mental Health
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 07405472
- Volume :
- 34
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1774819fc928264a4651ddc5c31593aa