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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2014 Aug 18;29(1):247–253. doi: 10.1037/adb0000006

TABLE 2.

Item-test and Cronbach's alphas for Sex Motives for Drinking (SMD) items

Associations with SMD items
Sex motives for drinking items Item-test r Avg. inter-item r α *
2. Because it helps you enjoy sex more 0.86 0.61 0.86
8. To feel less inhibited sexually 0.88 0.60 0.86
12. To feel more confident in approaching sex partners 0.85 0.62 0.87
19. To make you more horny 0.80 0.65 0.88
20. To make you feel less nervous a/b sex 0.80 0.65 0.88
Total 0.63 0.89
*

Note. Cronbach's alpha value if that item were deleted.