Journal
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
Volume 37, Issue 5, Pages 613-621Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.01.008
Keywords
Marijuana; Young adults; Substance abuse; Assessment
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- NIAAA NIH HHS [AA018242, R01 AA017433, R01 AA017433-01A2, F31 AA018242-02, F31 AA018242, AA017433] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDA NIH HHS [R01 DA018993-05, R01DA018993, R01 DA018993] Funding Source: Medline
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The Marijuana Consequences Questionnaire (MACQ) is a 50-item self-report measure modeled after the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (YAACQ). College students (n = 315) completed questionnaires online. A confirmatory factor analysis supported the hypothesized 8-factor structure. The results indicate good convergent and discriminant validity of the MACQ. A brief, unidimensional, 21-item version (B-MACQ) was developed by a Rasch model. Comparison of item severity estimates of the B-MACQ items and the corresponding items from the YAACQ indicates that the severity of alcohol- and marijuana-problems is defined by a relatively unique pattern of consequences. The MACQ and B-MACQ provide promising new alternatives to assessing marijuana-related problems. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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