Measuring adolescent drinking-refusal self-efficacy: Development and validation of the Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire-Shortened Adolescent version (DRSEQ-SRA)

Kiri Patton; Jason P Connor; Sharyn Rundle-Thiele; Timo Dietrich; Ross McD Young; Matthew J Gullo

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.02.007

Measuring adolescent drinking-refusal self-efficacy: Development and validation of the Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire-Shortened Adolescent version (DRSEQ-SRA)

Addict Behav. 2018 Jun:81:70-77. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.02.007. Epub 2018 Feb 5.

Authors

Kiri Patton¹, Jason P Connor², Sharyn Rundle-Thiele³, Timo Dietrich⁴, Ross McD Young⁵, Matthew J Gullo⁶

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Electronic address: kiri.patton@uqconnect.edu.au.
² Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Discipline of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
³ Social Marketing @ Griffith, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia.
⁴ Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Social Marketing @ Griffith, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia; Department of Marketing, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia.
⁵ Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia; Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia.
⁶ Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

PMID: 29432915
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.02.007

Abstract

Background: This study aimed to develop and validate a shortened version of the Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire-Revised Adolescent version (DRSEQ-RA) using a large sample of adolescents.

Methods: Secondary school students (N = 2609, M = 14.52 years, SD = 0.94) completed the DRSEQ-RA (consisting of subscales: Social Pressure; Opportunistic; Emotional Relief) and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). These data were analysed using non-parametric item response theory (NIRT) including Mokken scalability coefficients, and confirmatory factor analysis.

Results: Social Pressure subscale items were better able to distinguish between adolescents with lower or higher levels of drinking refusal self-efficacy, while the Opportunistic and Emotional Relief subscale items were able to distinguish adolescents with low drinking-refusal self-efficacy. The DRSEQ-RA was reduced from 19-items to a 9-item scale and retained the original three-factor structure. The reduced scale was named the Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire-Shortened Revised Adolescent version (DRSEQ-SRA). The DRSEQ-RA and the DRSEQ-SRA have almost identical psychometric properties. They both demonstrated good fit to the data, each explained 18% of the variance in alcohol consumption, Adj. R² = 0.18, p < .001 respectively. The DRSEQ-RA and the DRSEQ-SRA also have excellent scale and subscale internal reliability (αs = 0.92-0.99).

Conclusions: The DRSEQ-SRA is a short, 9-item, measure of adolescent drinking-refusal self-efficacy which demonstrates both reliability and validity. A significant advantage is brevity. The DRSEQ-SRA may be a valuable tool for identifying risk of adolescent drinking and prevention/treatment planning in settings where survey administration time is critical.

Keywords: Adolescent; Alcohol; Psychometrics; Scale; Self-efficacy; Validation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Validation Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Humans
Male
Peer Influence
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Self Efficacy*
Underage Drinking / prevention & control
Underage Drinking / psychology*