@article{ref1,
title="An exploration of the four-factor structure of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised among undergraduate students in China",
journal="Substance use and misuse",
year="2015",
author="Sun, Li and Windle, Michael and Thompson, Nancy J.",
volume="50",
number="12",
pages="1590-1598",
abstract="BACKGROUND: College drinking has become a significant health issue in China; the current study addressed the gap that no prior research has investigated drinking motives among Chinese undergraduate students. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to replicate the four-factor structure of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (DMQ-R) reported for Western populations. Additionally, the relationships between drinking motives and alcohol use were investigated. <br><br>METHODS: In 2012, 436 participants (mean age = 20.49 and SD = 1.49; 50% male) recruited from a college in China completed a self-administered survey in their classroom setting. Drinking motives were measured by the Chinese version of the DMQ-R; three indicators of alcohol use were assessed. Factor analysis was conducted to examine the factor structure of the DMQ-R, followed by regression analysis to investigate the associations between drinking motives and alcohol-related outcomes. <br><br>RESULTS: Confirmatory factor analysis failed to replicate the measurement model tested, but exploratory factor analysis identified a similar four-dimensional factor structure. Reliability and convergent and discriminant validity of the four factors were acceptable. The results also showed that social motives were related to alcohol use and heavy drinking; conformity motives were related to alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. Enhancement motives were the strongest correlates of alcohol use; coping motives were the strongest correlates of heavy drinking and alcohol-related problems. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS/Importance: The DMQ-R was a reliable and valid scale measuring four types of drinking motives among Chinese college students. <br><br>FINDINGS suggested that the motivational model of alcohol use may apply to studying college drinking in China.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1082-6084",
doi="10.3109/10826084.2015.1027924",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2015.1027924"
}