A comparison sample validation of "your workplace": an instrument to measure perceived alcohol support and consequences from the work environment.

This paper addresses the psychometric properties of Your Workplace (YWP), an instrument developed to measure perceived influence of workplace norms and attitudes on alcohol involvement and the experience of adverse consequences. Data were collected from a large, geographically dispersed sample of aftercare and outpatients recruited for a multisite clinical trial of alcoholism treatments, Project MATCH. Administration of YWP at the baseline assessment was restricted to workforce participants. A confirmatory factor analysis addressed instrument structure. Internal consistency and concurrent association between measures of general social support, alcohol specific support, and alcohol involvement were examined. YWP scales were found to have adequate internal consistency reliability. Correlation between YWP scales and concurrent measures of alcohol involvement were among the strongest found. Identification of workplace influences on alcohol involvement allows refined assessment and fosters a comprehensive approach to treatment of alcoholism.

[1]  S. Hall,et al.  Social support and relapse: commonalities among alcoholics, opiate users, and cigarette smokers. , 1991, Addictive behaviors.

[2]  Peter M. Bentler,et al.  EQS : structural equations program manual , 1989 .

[3]  R. Moos,et al.  Posttreatment experiences and treatment outcome of alcoholic patients six months and two years after hospitalization. , 1980, Journal of consulting and clinical psychology.

[4]  H. Trice,et al.  On the construction of drinking norms in work organizations. , 1990, Journal of studies on alcohol.

[5]  P. Bentler,et al.  Significance Tests and Goodness of Fit in the Analysis of Covariance Structures , 1980 .

[6]  M. L. Cooper,et al.  A revised Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire: factor structure confirmation, and invariance in a general population sample. , 1995, Journal of studies on alcohol.

[7]  K. Heller,et al.  Measures of perceived social support from friends and from family: Three validation studies , 1983, American journal of community psychology.

[8]  R. Moos,et al.  Alcoholism Treatment: Context, Process, and Outcome , 1990 .

[9]  B. Muthén,et al.  A comparison of some methodologies for the factor analysis of non‐normal Likert variables , 1985 .

[10]  C. Diclemente,et al.  Project MATCH: Rationale and methods for a multisite clinical trial matching patients to alcoholism treatment , 1993 .

[11]  T. Wills,et al.  Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis. , 1985, Psychological bulletin.

[12]  M. Beattie,et al.  The Significant-other Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ): an instrument for measuring the behavior of significant others towards a person's drinking and abstinence. , 1993, Addiction.

[13]  Karl G. Jöreskog,et al.  LISREL 7: A guide to the program and applications , 1988 .

[14]  S A Maisto,et al.  Reliability of alcohol abusers' self-reports of drinking behavior. , 1979, Behaviour research and therapy.

[15]  R. MacCallum,et al.  Model modifications in covariance structure analysis: the problem of capitalization on chance. , 1992, Psychological bulletin.

[16]  R. Longabaugh,et al.  Measuring general social support in alcoholic patients: Short forms for perceived social support. , 1996 .

[17]  J. House,et al.  Social relationships and health. , 1988, Science.

[18]  B. Byrne,et al.  Testing for the equivalence of factor covariance and mean structures: The issue of partial measurement invariance. , 1989 .

[19]  M. Beattie,et al.  The effect of social investment on treatment outcome. , 1993, Journal of studies on alcohol.

[20]  M. Beattie,et al.  Assessment of alcohol-related workplace activities: development and testing of "Your Workplace". , 1992, Journal of studies on alcohol.

[21]  M. Beattie,et al.  Effect of the social environment on alcohol involvement and subjective well-being prior to alcoholism treatment. , 1993, Journal of studies on alcohol.