Marihuana para universitarios colombianos design of a battery to evaluate the perception of risk towards marijuana consumption for colombian university students

Abstract

The literature referring to the perception of risk as a determining aspect for the consumption of marijuana, but there are no instruments for its objective evaluation. Aim. To design a battery of evaluation of the perception of risk towards the consumption of marijuana, for Colombian university students. Method. Instrumental study, a table of specifications was designed, which guided the construction of the items, then the validation was carried out by 12 expert judges, five in psychometry and seven in clinical psychology, the adjustments to the items, the application of the test to 520 university students (mean = 21.31; SD = 3.59) and the exploratory, confirmatory factor analyzes, and analysis of the internal consistency of the test. Results. A battery with three subtests (severity, absolute vulnerability, and relative vulnerability) was elaborated, with high variance explained by each scale, with models that present adequate goodness-of-fit indicators, high Cronbach’s alphas (in .96, for each test) and correct correlations between item-item and between item-test. Conclusions. The battery developed for evaluating the perception of risk towards marijuana use is a valid and reliable battery for Colombian university students. © 2023 Instituto de Investigacion de Drogodependencias. All rights reserved.