RT Journal Article
T1 Spanish Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana Scale: The Protective Behavioral Strategies for Cannabis Scale (S‑PBSC)
A1 Sánchez García, Manuel
A1 Carmona Márquez, José
A1 Bravo, Adrián J.
A1 Fernández Calderón, Fermín
AB The Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana scale (PBSM) was initially developed using samples of university students in USA. A community sample of Spanish young adults was recruited to provide the Spanish full-length and short versions of the Protective Behavioral Strategies for Cannabis use (S-PBSC; S-PBSC-SF). We followed a rigorous item-selection process to select the most relevant items from the original 50-item pool developed by Pedersen et al. (2016), on the basis of evidence of reliability, evidence of validity according to the internal structure (factor loadings, invariance across genders and university status, and differential item functioning [DIF]), and evidence of validity based on the relationships between S-PBSC scores and cannabis outcomes. Our findings support a 31-item unidimensional measure and a 13-item short form with excellent fit and internal consistency, invariant across genders and college status and free of DIF. Both the S-PBSC and S-PBSC-SF scores were associated with reduced cannabis use and consequences. 
PB Springer
SN 1557-1874
SN 1557-1882 (electrónico)
YR 2024
FD 2024-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23795
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23795
LA eng
NO Sanchez-Garcia, M., Carmona-Márquez, J., Bravo, A. J., & Fernández-Calderón, F. (2024). Spanish Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana Scale: The Protective Behavioral Strategies for Cannabis Scale (S-PBSC). In International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01311-2
NO Funding for open access publishing: Universidad de Huelva/CBUA This work was funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain) under Grant Number PID2020-118229RB-I00 (PI: Fermín Fernández Calderón). 
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026