Table 1.

PMACS Item Factor Loadings.

	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4	Factor 5
I have spoken to my child about alcohol…	Prevention	Reactive	Teaching	Relational	History
Because I don’t want my child to start drinking	0.76	− 0.02	0.002	− 0.01	0.04
Because drinking is bad for my child’s health	0.75	0.02	0.06	− 0.05	0.05
To help prevent my child initiating drinking	0.72	− 0.02	0.04	0.04	− 0.003
Because drinking is wrong	0.70	− 0.07	− 0.19	0.18	− 0.06
Because drinking leads to behaviors and actions that are morally wrong	0.64	− 0.04	− 0.04	0.09	0.14
To help prevent my child drinking heavily in the future	0.42	0.02	0.27	0.05	0.20
Because my child drinks too much	0.03	−0.86	0.03	− 0.09	0.04
Because my child came home drunk	0.10	− 0.83	0.07	− 0.05	0.001
Because my child got sick from drinking alcohol	− 0.03	− 0.75	0.09	− 0.05	0.09
Because my child helps them self to alcohol without permission	− 0.04	− 0.72	0.01	0.07	0.02
Because my child threw a party where alcohol was served	− 0.04	− 0.70	− 0.03	0.05	− 0.01
Because alcohol has caused my child problems at school, home, or work	0.10	− 0.64	− 0.10	0.09	0.01
To teach my child to drink safely	− 0.10	− 0.14	0.81	0.01	− 0.10
To help my child learn how to drink in moderation	− 0.15	− 0.17	0.71	0.02	0.01
To encourage my child to talk openly about their experiences with alcohol	− 0.02	0.01	0.68	− 0.03	0.08
Because I want my child to be able to talk honestly with me about drinking	0.18	0.20	0.68	− 0.06	0.09
Because I want to be proactive when it comes to my child’s alcohol use	0.28	0.09	0.62	− 0.11	0.05
To take the mystery away from drinking	0.13	0.03	0.50	0.17	− 0.05
Because I want my child to be able to talk to me about anything	0.21	0.24	0.49	− 0.05	0.05
Because I do not want my child to view alcohol as a “forbidden fruit”	− 0.25	0.01	0.48	0.13	0.001
Because it is fun to talk about my child’s social life	− 0.04	0.08	0.01	0.74	0.05
Because other parents talk with their children about alcohol	0.04	− 0.05	0.01	0.71	− 0.02
Because it is what friends do	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.61	0.03
Because I want to feel connected to my child	0.20	0.05	0.26	0.45	0.07
Because someone told me that I should talk to my child about alcohol	0.07	− 0.28	− 0.08	0.43	− 0.03
Because a friend or family member has had bad experiences in the past related to drinking	− 0.03	0.03	− 0.02	0.07	0.79
Because there is a family history of alcoholism or addiction in our family	0.06	− 0.02	− 0.12	0.002	0.74
Because I had a bad experience in the past related to drinking	− 0.04	− 0.12	0.05	− 0.02	0.62
Cronbach’s alpha	0.85	0.89	0.83	0.76	0.76
M(SD)	4.83 (1.35)	1.94 (1.32)	5.61 (1.08)	3.63 (1.28)	4.26 (1.91)
Range	1–7	1–7	1–7	1–7	1–7