TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - The Crack Use Relapse Scale (CURS): development and psychometric validation
JO  - Revista brasileira de psiquiatria
A1  - Pedroso, Rosemeri
A1  - Pettenon, Marcia
A1  - Guimarães, Luciano
A1  - Kessler, Félix Henrique
A1  - Pechansky, Flavio
SP  - 271
EP  - 273
VL  - 35
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1516-4446
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2012-1043
ID  - ref1
ER  -