Internal Consistency When Collapsing Different Alcoholic Beverage Types Into One Image Category

In researching valence/arousal of alcohol images, it is unknown whether combining of different alcohol images is appropriate. College students (n=83) participated in a beverage picture viewing task. High internal consistency (alphas > .95 for valence and arousal) supports combining beer, wine, and liquor images in the study of alcohol appetitiveness.

Kelsey M. Krueger, Lauri D. Rosario, Randall S. Jorgensen, Stephen A. Maisto
Syracuse University


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