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Table 6 Cronbach’s alpha values and Spearman’s correlation coefficient of the DTCQ-8 for other drugs

From: Cross-cultural adaptation of the drug-taking confidence questionnaire drug version for use in Brazil

DTCQ-8 for other drugs

Total item correlationa r

Alpha if item deleted

1. If, for some reason, I was angry

0.780

0.837

2. If I had trouble sleeping

0.871

0.863

3. If I remember anything good that happened

0.675

0.818

4. If I wanted to test whether I can use ______ sometimes without becoming dependent on it

0.883

0.869

5. If I find any drugs of _______ or see something that I could remember the act of using _______

0.551

0.815

6. If someone treats me unjustly or gets in the way of my plans

0.890

0.868

7. If I was with friends and they insisted on going somewhere for use of _______

0.665

0.786

8. If I wanted to celebrate with a friend

0.877

0.876

  1. Source: Own compilation. aSpearman’s rank correlation coefficient. Note: Cronbach’s Alpha for the complete instrument was 0.889