Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Male Alcohol-Related Aggression (BAMARA) Inventory-Short Form
Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Male Alcohol-Related Aggression (BAMARA) Inventory-Short Form
Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Male Alcohol-Related Aggression (BAMARA) Inventory-Short Form is a 15-item measure of the extent to which men agree with statements referring to opinions about alcohol and physical fights between men at bars. Items in this measure cover 9 subscales relating to their own opinions regarding the acceptability of these situations as well as the perception of the their peers. This is the abbreviated version of the 53-item long form measure.
High Psychometric Score
ITEMS:
Expected negative consequences
1. I'd feel pretty bad about myself the next day if I got into a fight at a bar*
2. Getting into a fight at a bar would ruin my evening*
Expected positive consequences
3. I'd feel proud of myself for getting into a fight at a bar if I did it to back up a friend
4. Sometimes it's exciting to be part of a bar fight
Personal approval
5. It's okay to get into a fight with a guy who tries to push you around at a bar
Perceived male peer approval
6. My male friends see nothing wrong with getting into the occasional bar fight
Perceived female peer approval
7. My female friends think it's okay for a guy to get into a fight with guys who insult his date/partner
Perceived normality
8. It's no big deal for guys to fight at a bar
9. Fighting is a normal part of going to bars
Relaxed norms when drinking
10. It's okay to get rowdy when drinking
11. It's okay to do crazy things when drinking
Alcohol as an excuse
12. It's more acceptable for guys to fight when they're drunk than when they're sober
13. Guys get away with being aggressive if they are drunk at the time
Male honor
14. Guys are cowards if they back down from a fight at a bar
15. I'd be ashamed of myself if I didn't stand up to a guy who was threatening to fight me at a bar
Response Options:
Strongly disagree - 1
Disagree - 2
Neither disagree nor agree - 3
Agree - 4
Strongly agree - 5
*Items are reverse scored
PSYCHOMETRIC SCORE
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Male
AGE RANGE:
Adults
Scoring Procedures:
Not Available
PRIMARY CITATION:
Wells, S., Tremblay, P. F., & Graham, K. (2013). Understanding men’s aggression in bars: Development of the Beliefs and Attitudes toward Male Alcohol-Related Aggression (BAMARA) inventory. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37 Suppl 1, E260-270. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01912.x
Psychometric Score:
Qualitative Research
Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework
Field Expert Input
Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing
Internal
Test-retest
Interrater
Content
Face
Criterion (gold-standard)
Construct
Psychometric Scoring
Total Score: 7.00/8 Points (HIGH)
Citation Frequency
KEY
FULL POINTS
PARTIAL POINTS NOT ASSESSED NOT APPLICABLEFor more details, see Scoring Methodology
