TY - JOUR
T1 - The DRINC (Drinking Reasons Inter-National Collaboration) project
T2 - Rationale and protocol for a cross-national study of drinking motives in undergraduates
AU - Couture, Marie-Eve
AU - Stewart, Sherry H.
AU - Cooper, Lynne
AU - Kuntsche, Emmanuel
AU - O’Connor, Roisin M.
AU - Mackinnon, Sean
AU - DRINC Team
AU - Bruce, Gillian
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Drinking motives are a proximal predictor of alcohol use and misuse through which the effects of more distal influences (e.g.,
personality) on alcohol-related outcomes are mediated. Although Cooper’s (1994) four-factor drinking-motives model has been
well validated in North America, few studies have validated this model in other countries. The aim of the present paper is to
describe the rationale, protocol, and methods of a project designed to evaluate the cross-national validity and generalizability of
Cooper’s (1994) measure, as modified by Kuntsche and Kuntsche’s Drinking Motives Questionnaire Revised Short Form
(DMQ–R SF, 2009), and of the theoretical model (Cooper, Frone, Russell, & Mudar, 1995) linking drinking motives to specific
personality risks and alcohol consequences. The project uses data from undergraduates representing 10 nations (Brazil, United
Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, Canada, Hungary, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United
States; total N = 8,478). Findings from this collaboration can be used to guide international researchers in determining the
suitability of the DMQ–R SF as a measure of drinking motives in countries outside of North America and may have implications
for the development of preventive and therapeutic interventions for alcohol misuse among young adults globally.
AB - Drinking motives are a proximal predictor of alcohol use and misuse through which the effects of more distal influences (e.g.,
personality) on alcohol-related outcomes are mediated. Although Cooper’s (1994) four-factor drinking-motives model has been
well validated in North America, few studies have validated this model in other countries. The aim of the present paper is to
describe the rationale, protocol, and methods of a project designed to evaluate the cross-national validity and generalizability of
Cooper’s (1994) measure, as modified by Kuntsche and Kuntsche’s Drinking Motives Questionnaire Revised Short Form
(DMQ–R SF, 2009), and of the theoretical model (Cooper, Frone, Russell, & Mudar, 1995) linking drinking motives to specific
personality risks and alcohol consequences. The project uses data from undergraduates representing 10 nations (Brazil, United
Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, Canada, Hungary, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United
States; total N = 8,478). Findings from this collaboration can be used to guide international researchers in determining the
suitability of the DMQ–R SF as a measure of drinking motives in countries outside of North America and may have implications
for the development of preventive and therapeutic interventions for alcohol misuse among young adults globally.
M3 - Article
SN - 1925-7066
VL - 6
SP - 7
EP - 18
JO - The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research
JF - The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research
IS - 1
ER -