Using the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire-Adolescent Form to predict college drinking: long versus short forms

This study reports the development of a short form of the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire-Adolescent Form, consisting of 27 items measuring expectations of enhanced social behavior and enhanced cognitive and motor functioning. The goals of this study are to examine whether the AEQ-A can be used in a college population and whether a shortened version is a reliable and valid substitute. The reliability and predictive validity of this instrument was assessed in a college population (N = 377) by replication of previous work predicting drinking styles from expectancies. Scale 2 of the short form predicted drinking styles as well as the seven long-form scales. The results suggest the new instrument will be useful in expediting future research.