Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 Feb 13;102(1-3):35–40. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.12.010

Table 2.

Oblique rotated factor matrix for the Marijuana Craving Questionnaire (MCQ) and Marijuana Craving Questionnaire-Short Form (MCQ-SF)

Factor 1
Compulsivity
Factor 2
Emotionality
Factor 3
Expectancy
Factor 4
Purposefulness
Item MCQa MCQ-SFb MCQa MCQ-SFb MCQa MCQ-SFb MCQa MCQ-SFb
1. .10 .07 .25 -.11 .14 .43 .51 .62
2. .63 .45 .08 .02 .02 .05 .03 .10
3. .29 .36 .09 .07 .18 .05 .46 .58
4. .02 .30 .68 .32 .07 .11 .16 .27
5. .07 -.03 -.07 .27 .45 .32 .06 .24
6. -.13 -.01 .63 .44 .08 .46 .12 .12
7. .64 .67 -.06 -.23 .09 .45 .20 -.36
8. .27 .11 .21 -.04 .24 .48 .77 .62
9. -.15 .00 .60 .59 -.06 .49 -.01 .05
10. .72 .65 .10 .38 .05 -.15 .27 .35
11. .20 .14 .11 .66 .65 .38 .16 -.04
12. .23 .05 .26 .31 .36 .41 .20 .35

Bolded factor loadings indicate target (MCQ) and comparison (MCQ-SF) item pattern.

a

MCQ validation study (n = 217; Heishman et al., 2001).

b

MCQ-SF validation study (n = 490; present study).