Scale of attitudes toward alcohol - Spanish version: evidences of validity and reliability

Authors

  • Erika Gisseth León Ramírez Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Divane de Vargas Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.1721.2918

Keywords:

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Psychological Tests, Validity of Tests, Reproducibility of Results, Alcoholism, Scale

Abstract

Objective: validate the Scale of attitudes toward alcohol, alcoholism and individuals with alcohol use disorders in its Spanish version. Method: methodological study, involving 300 Colombian nurses. Adopting the classical theory, confirmatory factor analysis was applied without prior examination, based on the strong historical evidence of the factorial structure of the original scale to determine the construct validity of this Spanish version. To assess the reliability, Cronbach’s Alpha and Mc Donalid’s Omega coefficients were used. Results: the confirmatory factor analysis indicated the good fit of the scale model in a four-factor distribution, with a cut-off point at 3.2, demonstrating 66.7% of sensitivity. Conclusions: the Scale of attitudes toward alcohol, alcoholism and individuals with alcohol use disorders in Spanish presented robust psychometric qualities, affirming that the instrument possesses a solid factorial structure and reliability and is capable of precisely measuring the nurses’ atittudes towards the phenomenon proposed.

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Published

2017-01-01

Issue

Vol. 25 (2017)

Section

Original Articles

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Scale of attitudes toward alcohol - Spanish version: evidences of validity and reliability. (2017). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 25, e2918-. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.1721.2918