Test-Retest Reliability of the 7-Factor Motives for Playing Drinking Games Scale and its Associations With Drinking Game Behaviors Among Female College Athletes

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Byron L. Zamboanga Smith College

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Nathan T. Kearns University of North Texas

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Janine V. Olthuis University of New Brunswick – Fredericton

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Heidemarie Blumenthal University of North Texas

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2018-0058
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Volume 13: Issue 4
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Drinking games (DGs) participation is prevalent among college-attending emerging adults. Research also suggests that student-athletes play DGs more frequently than non student-athletes, but what motivates student-athletes to participate in DGs is not well understood. Using data from a larger longitudinal study with Division III female athletes, we examined the test-retest reliability and minimal detectable change of the revised 7-factor Motives for Playing Drinking Games (MPDG) measure, and explored how its subscales were related to DGs behavior across two annual timepoints (n = 49). Results indicated that the MPDG shows adequate test-retest reliability over a one year period among student-athletes. Controlling for age and general alcohol consumption, conformity motives were positively associated with DG consumption at timepoint 1, whereas the DG motives of enhancement/thrills and boredom were positively related to DG consumption at timepoint 2. Implications for future research directions on motives for playing DGs and DGs behavior among student-athletes are discussed.

Zamboanga is with the Dept. of Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, MA. Kearns, Blumenthal, and Cloutier are with the Dept. of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX. Olthuis is with the Dept. of Psychology, University of New Brunswick-Fredericton, Fredericton, NB, Canada.

Address author correspondence to Byron L. Zamboanga at bzamboan@smith.edu.
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