PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES AND VALIDITY OF THE OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE-DRINKING-SCALE

Citation
Mj. Bohn et al., PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES AND VALIDITY OF THE OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE-DRINKING-SCALE, Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 20(5), 1996, pp. 817-823
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse
ISSN journal
01456008
Volume
20
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
817 - 823
Database
ISI
SICI code
0145-6008(1996)20:5<817:PPAVOT>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Abstinent alcoholics' self-reports of distressing alcohol-associated t houghts and compulsions to drink were evaluated by the Obsessive-Compu lsive Drinking Scale (OCDS). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analy ses on separate subject samples revealed that subjects' OCDS responses were best described by four correlated dimensions: alcohol obsessions , alcohol consumption, automaticity, and interference due to drinking. The validity of this four-factor solution was supported by the patter n of associations with drinking and coping style measures. In particul ar, alcohol obsessions were positively associated with alcohol depende nce and use of passive/avoidant coping. Automaticity was positively as sociated with the intensity and salience of drinking, and inversely as sociated with use of active/approach coping, as well as abstinence dur ation. The obsession and automaticity subscales of the OCDS may be use ful in evaluating cognitive-motivational processes associated with rec overy from alcoholism.