Table 3.
Items and response options for theoretical correlates of en bloc (“blackouts”) and fragmentary blackouts (“brownouts”).
| Item | Response Options and Scoring | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome evaluations | ||||||||
| If I were to have a blackout/brownout, good things would happen. | Strongly disagree (1) | Disagree (2) | Neutral (3) | Agree (4) | Strongly agree (5) | |||
| If I were to have a blackout/brownout, bad things would happen. | Strongly disagree (1) | Disagree (2) | Neutral (3) | Agree (4) | Strongly agree (5) | |||
| Attitudes | ||||||||
| If I had a blackout/brownout, it would be… | Unenjoyable (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | Enjoyable (5) | |||
| If I had a blackout/brownout, it would be… | Bad (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | Good (5) | |||
| If I had a blackout/brownout, it would be… | Harmful (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | Beneficial (5) | |||
| If I had a blackout/brownout, it would be… | Foolish (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | Wise (5) | |||
| If I had a blackout/brownout, it would be… | Unpleasant (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | Pleasant (5) | |||
| If I had a blackout/brownout, it would be… | Dangerous (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | Safe (5) | |||
| Injunctive norms | ||||||||
| To what extent do you approve or disapprove of having a blackout/brownout? | Strongly disapprove (1) | Somewhat disapprove (2) | Neutral (3) | Somewhat approve (4) | Strongly approve (5) | |||
| To what extent does the typical college student drinker approve or disapprove of having a blackout/brownout? | Strongly disapproves (1) | Somewhat disapproves (2) | Neutral (3) | Somewhat approves (4) | Strongly approves (5) | |||
| Descriptive norms | ||||||||
| What percent of male/female college student drinkers has had a blackout/brownout by the end of senior year? | 0–100% | |||||||
| What percent of male/female college student drinkers has a blackout/brownout in a typical month? | 0–100% | |||||||
| Self-efficacy | ||||||||
| Please indicate how confident you are that you could avoid a blackout/brownout if you wanted to do so. | 0–100% | |||||||
| Intentions | ||||||||
| In the past 30 days, how often have you consumed alcohol with the intention of losing your memory of the night’s events? | Never (0) | 1 time (1) | 2–3 times (2) | Weekly (3) | Twice a week or more (4) | |||
| In the next 30 days, I intend to have a blackout/brownout as a result of my drinking. | Strongly disagree (1) | Moderately disagree (2) | Slightly disagree (3) | Slightly agree (4) | Moderately agree (5) | Strongly agree (6) | ||
Note. All ‘blackout’ and ‘brownout’ items were presented separately. Any ‘male’ and ‘female’ items were also presented separately.