Alcohol Expectancy Inventory (AEI)

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Item Coding

The AEI consists of 24 items that are rated on a 6-point Likert scale as follows:  

Never	Very rarely	Rarely	Occasionally	Frequently	Very frequently	Always
0	1	2	3	4	5	6

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Scales

The AEI yields 4 primary scales.  Description of the scales and item loadings are listed below.  Scale scores are calculated as the sum of respective items.  No items are reverse scored.

Scale Name (Abbr.)	Description	Item loadings
Positive (AEI POS)		8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 22, 24
Negative (AEI NEG)		2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19
Aroused (AEI ARO)		1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 16
Sedate (AEI SED)		8, 9, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24

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Resource Files

· Questionnaire

· CIDA Item file

· CIDA Scoring file

· SPSS Scoring Syntax file

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References

• Rather, B. C., Goldman, M.S., Roehrich, L., & Brannick, M. (1992). Empirical Modeling of an Alcohol Expectancy Memory Network Using Multidimensional Scaling. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,101, 174-183.

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Created by Jacky Diaz

Updated 2-12-08