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ArticleJournal of health psychology2024

Development and Validation of the Cheers Attitudes towards Non-drinkers Scale (CANS).

Christopher Cheers, Amy Pennay, Xochitl de la Piedad Garcia, Sarah Callinan

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Article in Journal of health psychology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Christopher CheersLa Trobe University, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9523-7806
Amy PennayLa Trobe University, Australia.
Xochitl de la Piedad GarciaAustralian Catholic University, Australia.
Sarah CallinanLa Trobe University, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-drinkers report experiencing stigma, which can act as a barrier to non-drinking. Two studies were undertaken to develop and test a new scale to measure attitudes towards non-drinkers. In Study 1, 29 items were presented to 426 Australian drinkers. In Study 2, the refined 12-item Cheers Attitudes to Non-drinkers Scale (CANS) was presented to 389 drinkers. Alcohol consumption, Harm and the Regan Attitudes towards Non-drinkers Scale (RANDS) were presented for scale validation. Exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors representing the Threats to Fun, Connection and Self that drinkers perceive non-drinkers to pose. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the scale meets the required fit indices and had good reliability (α = 0.842). Evidence of validity was shown through significant correlations with Alcohol Consumption, Harm and the RANDS. These studies show the CANS to be a reliable and valid measure that could be utilised to understand and modify the stigma experienced by non-drinkers.

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Alcohol DrinkingPsychometricsSocial StigmaAdolescentAdultAgedAustraliaFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adultalcoholattitudesnon-drinkerscale developmentstigma

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PMID38284405
PMCPMC11344955

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