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Portuguese validation of the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire–Short Form–Revised
Alcohol craving has been described as a strong subjective desire to drink, being considered highly valuable in the clinical practice, as it is recognized as a strong predictor of alcohol relapse in alcohol-dependent individuals. However, to date, there is not a multifactorial questionnaire available...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8143387/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34029320 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251733 |
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author | Rodrigues, Rui López-Caneda, Eduardo Almeida-Antunes, Natália Sampaio, Adriana Crego, Alberto |
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description | Alcohol craving has been described as a strong subjective desire to drink, being considered highly valuable in the clinical practice, as it is recognized as a strong predictor of alcohol relapse in alcohol-dependent individuals. However, to date, there is not a multifactorial questionnaire available for assessing short-term acute craving experience in Portugal. The aim of the present study was to validate a swift and efficient tool for the assessment of acute alcohol craving in a sample of Portuguese citizens. For that purpose, the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire–Short Form–Revised (ACQ-SF-R) was translated into European Portuguese and administered to a sample of 591 college participants with ages between 18 and 30 years. Results suggested that a three-factor model (i.e., Emotionality, Purposefulness, and Compulsivity) proved to be most suitable for the Portuguese sample. Overall, the ACQ-SF-R exhibited good psychometric properties, having a good internal consistency both for the general craving index (Cronbach’s α = 0.85) and each subscale (Cronbach’s α = 0.66–0.83), as well as an appropriate convergent validity with the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (r = 0.65, p<0.001), suggesting a good construct validity. In addition, the ACQ-SF-R also showed a good concurrent validity with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (r = 0.57, p<0.001), indicating that risky alcohol use patterns are associated with increased craving scores in the ACQ-SF-R. Collectively, these findings suggest that the Portuguese version of the ACQ-SF-R can accurately measure alcohol craving at a multifactorial level, being a valid and reliable tool to use in Portuguese samples in research settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-81433872021-06-07 Portuguese validation of the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire–Short Form–Revised Rodrigues, Rui López-Caneda, Eduardo Almeida-Antunes, Natália Sampaio, Adriana Crego, Alberto PLoS One Research Article Alcohol craving has been described as a strong subjective desire to drink, being considered highly valuable in the clinical practice, as it is recognized as a strong predictor of alcohol relapse in alcohol-dependent individuals. However, to date, there is not a multifactorial questionnaire available for assessing short-term acute craving experience in Portugal. The aim of the present study was to validate a swift and efficient tool for the assessment of acute alcohol craving in a sample of Portuguese citizens. For that purpose, the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire–Short Form–Revised (ACQ-SF-R) was translated into European Portuguese and administered to a sample of 591 college participants with ages between 18 and 30 years. Results suggested that a three-factor model (i.e., Emotionality, Purposefulness, and Compulsivity) proved to be most suitable for the Portuguese sample. Overall, the ACQ-SF-R exhibited good psychometric properties, having a good internal consistency both for the general craving index (Cronbach’s α = 0.85) and each subscale (Cronbach’s α = 0.66–0.83), as well as an appropriate convergent validity with the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (r = 0.65, p<0.001), suggesting a good construct validity. In addition, the ACQ-SF-R also showed a good concurrent validity with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (r = 0.57, p<0.001), indicating that risky alcohol use patterns are associated with increased craving scores in the ACQ-SF-R. Collectively, these findings suggest that the Portuguese version of the ACQ-SF-R can accurately measure alcohol craving at a multifactorial level, being a valid and reliable tool to use in Portuguese samples in research settings. Public Library of Science 2021-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8143387/ /pubmed/34029320 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251733 Text en © 2021 Rodrigues et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Rodrigues, Rui López-Caneda, Eduardo Almeida-Antunes, Natália Sampaio, Adriana Crego, Alberto Portuguese validation of the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire–Short Form–Revised |
title | Portuguese validation of the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire–Short Form–Revised |
title_full | Portuguese validation of the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire–Short Form–Revised |
title_fullStr | Portuguese validation of the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire–Short Form–Revised |
title_full_unstemmed | Portuguese validation of the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire–Short Form–Revised |
title_short | Portuguese validation of the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire–Short Form–Revised |
title_sort | portuguese validation of the alcohol craving questionnaire–short form–revised |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8143387/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34029320 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251733 |
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