Table 7.
Validation Sample: Standardized Parameter Estimates from the 7-Factor Confirmatory Factor Analytic and Exploratory Structural Equation Models of Motives for Playing Drinking Games Measure.
| Confirmatory factor analysis | Exploratory structural equation modeling | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standardized factor loadings and uniquenesses | ||||||||||||||||
| Item | CT (λ) | C (λ) | ET (λ) | SL (λ) | N (λ) | SP (λ) | B (λ) | δ | CT (λ) | C (λ) | ET (λ) | SL (λ) | N (λ) | SP (λ) | B (λ) | δ |
| Competition | ||||||||||||||||
| CT1: For the competition | .84 | .30 | .87 | .00 | −.10 | −.01 | −.02 | .11 | .01 | .30 | ||||||
| CT3: To get practice at that game | .51 | .74 | .35 | .01 | .07 | .10 | .00 | .18 | .12 | .74 | ||||||
| CT4: Because I want to win | .83 | .32 | .82 | .00 | .06 | −.04 | .02 | −.03 | .03 | .32 | ||||||
| Conformity | ||||||||||||||||
| C1: To blend in with the crowd | .78 | .40 | .05 | .66 | .01 | −.01 | .16 | .12 | .00 | .40 | ||||||
| C2: To fit in | .84 | .30 | .00 | .87 | −.02 | .05 | −.01 | −.03 | −.04 | .30 | ||||||
| C3: Because I don’t want to feel left out | .76 | .43 | −.01 | .81 | .01 | .01 | −.09 | .00 | −.02 | .42 | ||||||
| C4: Because other people are playing them | .57 | .68 | .19 | .50 | .12 | .03 | .03 | −.04 | .05 | .68 | ||||||
| C5: Because I am afraid I will look silly if I don’t | .59 | .65 | −.07 | .53 | −.10 | −.05 | .04 | .13 | .13 | .65 | ||||||
| Enhancement and Thrills | ||||||||||||||||
| ET1: To get drunk | .63 | .60 | −.02 | .04 | .57 | −.06 | −.01 | .23 | .05 | .60 | ||||||
| ET2: To get a buzz | .68 | .54 | .02 | −.03 | .69 | −.12 | .12 | .16 | .09 | .54 | ||||||
| ET3: Because they are fun | .60 | .65 | −.05 | .03 | .64 | .00 | .01 | .09 | .11 | .65 | ||||||
| ET4: To liven up a boring party | .58 | .66 | .18 | −.07 | .57 | .17 | .02 | −.10 | −.14 | .66 | ||||||
| ET5: To have good laugh | .69 | .66 | .00 | .08 | .33 | .26 | −.04 | .00 | .20 | .66 | ||||||
| ET6: To just go wild | .63 | .61 | .00 | −.03 | .56 | .12 | .16 | .00 | −.13 | .61 | ||||||
| ET7: Because it is a more exciting way to drink | .67 | .55 | .13 | .17 | .54 | .03 | .05 | −.02 | −.01 | .55 | ||||||
| Social Lubrication | ||||||||||||||||
| SL1: As a way of getting to know other people | .71 | .50 | .02 | .05 | −.02 | .82 | −.01 | .00 | −.02 | .50 | ||||||
| SL2: To make it easier to talk to someone | .73 | .46 | −.03 | .16 | .09 | .42 | .00 | .31 | .05 | .47 | ||||||
| SL3: To meet interesting people | .73 | .46 | .03 | .00 | .11 | .59 | .07 | .14 | .00 | .46 | ||||||
| SL4: To learn things about others | .63 | .61 | −.02 | −.05 | −.06 | .66 | .01 | .12 | .08 | .61 | ||||||
| SL5: As a way of expressing interest in someone | .58 | .66 | .21 | .10 | .02 | .11 | .04 | .54 | −.03 | .66 | ||||||
| Novelty | ||||||||||||||||
| N1: Because it is a new experience | .68 | .54 | .02 | .02 | .00 | −.04 | .86 | .12 | .00 | .54 | ||||||
| N2: To try something different | .76 | .43 | −.02 | .03 | .22 | .13 | .48 | −.08 | .09 | .43 | ||||||
| Sexual Pursuit | ||||||||||||||||
| SP1: In order to have sex with someone | .36 | .87 | .01 | −.08 | .08 | −.01 | −.08 | .42 | .04 | .87 | ||||||
| SP2: As a way to get a date | .72 | .48 | .01 | −.03 | −.10 | .08 | .08 | .69 | −.01 | .48 | ||||||
| SP3: To work up the courage to put the moves on someone | .78 | .39 | .03 | .04 | .02 | .02 | −.03 | .73 | −.04 | .39 | ||||||
| Boredom | ||||||||||||||||
| B1: To kill time | .63 | .60 | .05 | −.06 | .00 | .03 | .17 | .00 | .62 | .60 | ||||||
| B2: When there is nothing else to do | .69 | .53 | .08 | .02 | .05 | .21 | .00 | −.07 | .63 | .53 | ||||||
| B3: Because I don’t know what else to do for fun | .48 | .77 | −.03 | .21 | .04 | −.02 | .02 | .10 | .35 | .77 | ||||||
Note. λ = standardized factor loading; δ = standardized uniqueness; CT = Competition and Thrills; C = Conformity; FC = Fun and Celebration; SL = Social Lubrication; N = Novelty; SP = Sexual Pursuit; B = Boredom. Bolded numbers indicate factor loadings of at least .30.
This item was paraphrased for brevity in this table (see Table 1 for the exact wording of this item). CFA factor correlations: CT with C = .16; CT with ET = .49; CT with SL = .40; CT with N = .33; CT with SP = .26; CT with B = .43; C with ET = .28; C with SL = .52; C with N = .42; C with SP = .37; C with B = .41; ET with SL = .59; ET with N = .55; ET with SP = .27; ET with B = .66; SL with N = .57; SL with SP = .57; SL with B = .54; N with SP = .29; N with B = .53; SP with B = .29.