Scale of university students’ perceptions of the effects of alcohol

adaptation and validation in Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2023.1.39059

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higher education, alcohol consumption, academic adaptation, psychoactive substances

Abstract

The consumption of alcoholic drinks by students of higher education has reached worrying numbers, affecting negatively their engagement and academic achievement. The literature suggests that such consumption behaviors are related to the students’ perceptions of the effects of this consumption. In this article, it is described the procedures and results of the adaptation and validation of a scale for evaluating such perceptions in Brazil. The instrument used was the Scale of University Students’ Perceptions on the Effects of Alcoholic Consumption, originally developed in Portugal, applied to a sample of 202 Brazilian students. Confirmatory factor analysis showed the existence of dimensions, in accordance with the original Portuguese version, grouping items of positive and negative perceptions about the effects on the alcoholic consumption. There were found high levels of internal consistency of items for each dimension and criteria validity indexes, equally promising for using the scale in Brazil.

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Andreza Schiavoni, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brasil

PhD in Psychology, Human Development and Education from the State University of Campinas
(UNICAMP), in Campinas, SP, Brazil; with a post-doctorate in Psychology from Universidade São Francisco (USF), in Itatiba, SP, Brazil; Master in Psychology, Human Development and Education from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), in Campinas, SP, Brazil. Professor at the State University of Londrina (UEL), in Londrina, PR, Brazil.

Leandro da Silva Almeida, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

PhD in Psychology from the University of Porto, in Porto, Portugal. Professor at the University do Minho (UMinho), in Braga, Portugal. Investigator on topics of cognition and psychological assessment, and learning and academic success at the Center for Research in Psychology (CIPsi), from the University
from Minho.

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2023-10-05

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Schiavoni, A., & da Silva Almeida, L. (2023). Scale of university students’ perceptions of the effects of alcohol: adaptation and validation in Brazil. Psico, 54(1), e39059. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2023.1.39059

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