@article{ref1,
title="The Crack Use Relapse Scale (CURS): development and psychometric validation",
journal="Revista brasileira de psiquiatria",
year="2013",
author="Pedroso, Rosemeri and Pettenon, Marcia and Guimarães, Luciano and Kessler, Félix Henrique and Pechansky, Flavio",
volume="35",
number="3",
pages="271-273",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To report the development and validation of the Crack Use Relapse Scale (CURS) in an inpatient population. <br><br>METHODS: A pilot study with 30 male crack users was conducted to generate 35 sentences related to the construct of interest. A five-point Likert scale including 25 items and, initially, nine theoretical factors was generated and utilized in a cross-sectional study with a sample of 333 hospitalized male crack users. <br><br>RESULTS: Overall Cronbach's alpha was α = 0.86. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with oblimin rotation kept the 25 items (factor loadings > 0.40) and six definitive factors, which explained 62.1% of the total variance. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The six-factor model yielded by the EFA of the CURS reflects the various dimensions of the construct, assigning satisfactory values and demonstrating good psychometric properties, including validity and reliability.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1516-4446",
doi="10.1590/1516-4446-2012-1043",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2012-1043"
}