Negative Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire (NAE)

The Negative Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire (NAE) is a 60 item measure used to measure negative alcohol expectancies in subjects as representing the motivation to inhibit drinking.

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Item Coding

The NAE consists of 60 items that are rated on a 5-point Likert scale as follows:

Highly Unlikely	Unlikely	Possible	Likely	Highly Likely
1	2	3	4	5

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Scales

The NAE yields 3 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
Same day		1-21
Next day		22-39
Continued drinking		40-60

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Resource Files

• Questionnaire
• CIDA Item file
• CIDA Scoring file
• SPSS Scoring Syntax file
  

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References

Jones, B.T. & McMahon, J. (1994). Negative alcohol expectancy predicts post-treatment abstinence survivorship: the whether, when and why of relapse to a first drink. Addiction, 89, 1653-1665.

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Created by Jacky Diaz

Updated 3-24-02