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Scale of Attitudes towards Alcohol
Dimension: Risk factors start consumption
Area
Personal
Specificity
Specific: Alcohol
Year
2000
Author
García del Castillo, López, & Mira
Identification and Classification
- Instrument
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Scale of Attitudes towards Alcohol
- Acronym
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ESACAL
- Area
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Personal
- Dimension
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Risk factors start consumption
- Specificity
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Specific: Alcohol
- Objective
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Evaluate the attitude towards alcohol use
- Factors it measures
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- Attitudinal disposition towards the use of alcohol
- Index of dislike towards alcohol
- Perception of satisfaction through the use of alcohol
- Year
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2000
- Author
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García del Castillo, López, & Mira
- Author Contact Data
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García del Castillo, José Antonio
Universidad Miguel Hernández. Instituto de Investigación de Drogodependencias (INID). Campus de Sant Joan d’Alacant (España)
E-mail: jagr@umh.es
- Availability
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Free
- Link
Versions
Year
2012
Validation Country
Portugal
Author
García del Castillo, Dias, Díaz-Pérez, Bastos, Castillo-López, López-Sánchez, & Maciá
Author Contact Data
García del Castillo, José Antonio
Universidad Miguel Hernández. Instituto de Investigación de Drogodependencias (INID). Campus de Sant Joan d’Alacant (España)
E-mail: jagr@umh.es
References
García del Castillo, J. A., Dias, P. C., Díaz-Pérez, J., Bastos, A. S., Castillo-López, Á., López-Sánchez, C., & Maciá, D. (2012). Adaptación de las Escalas de Actitudes hacia el Alcohol, Tabaco y Otras Drogas en adolescentes portugueses. Health and Addictions, 12, 83-103.
Description
- Abstract
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ESACAL is an instrument for measuring the attitude of the adolescent towards the specific use of alcohol through three factors: attitudinal disposition towards the use of alcohol, index of dislike towards alcohol and perception of satisfaction through the use of alcohol. of the same. To do this, 13 items are used on a Likert-type scale with five response options
- Psychometric characteristics
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The three factors that make up the scale explain 64.09% of the variance, as well as adequate values of test-retest reliability (r = 0.4, p <0.01). However, in this scale one of the items showed higher saturation values in a component that does not correspond to the original
- No. of items
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It consists of 13 items that are answered on a Likert scale with five answer options ranging from 'strongly disagree' to 'strongly agree'
- Duration
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5 min
- Way of administration
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- Individual and collective
- Paper
- Way of qualification
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Higher scores indicate a more favorable trend towards maintaining healthy behaviors (avoidance of alcohol consumption)
- Application context
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Clinic / School
- Population
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Adolescents
- References
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García del Castillo, J. A., López, M. C., & Mira, J. J. (2000). Escala de Actitudes hacia el Alcohol. (ESACAL). En García del Castillo, J. A., López, M. C., y Mira, J. J. Estudio de validación de las escalas de actitudes hacia el tabaco (ESACTA), el alcohol (ESACAL) y otras drogas (ESADOC).
García del Castillo, J. A., López-Sánchez, C., Segura, M. C., & García del Castillo-López, A. (2012). Estilos de vida y salud: Promoción y prevención. En M. C. Terol, Y. Quiles y V. Pérez (coords.). Manual de evaluación psicosocial en contextos de salud. Madrid: Pirámide.