Modeling Cognitive Influences on Drinking and Alcohol Problems

Greenfield, Thomas K.; Harford, Thomas C.; Tam, Tammy W.

doi:10.15288/jsad.2009.70.78

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“…Alcohol expectancies , or the beliefs about the effects/consequences of alcohol, are also predictive of alcohol consumption and problems (Fromme & D'Amico, 2000; Greenfield, Harford, & Tam, 2009; Pabst, Kraus, Piontek, Mueller, & Demmel, 2014). Approaches that challenge and modify these expectancies have been shown to reduce alcohol use in the short-term (Lau-Barraco & Dunn, 2008; NIAAA, 2002; Scott-Sheldon, Terry, Carey, Garey, & Carey, 2012).…”

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Descriptive norms and expectancies as mediators of a brief motivational intervention for mandated college students receiving stepped care for alcohol use.

Yurasek¹,

Borsari²,

Magill³

et al. 2015

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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Background and Aims Stepped care approaches for mandated college students provide individual Brief Motivational Interventions (BMI) only for individuals who do not respond to an initial, low-intensity level of treatment such as Brief Advice (BA). However, how BMIs facilitate change in this higher-risk group of mandated students remains unclear. Perceived descriptive norms and alcohol-related expectancies are the most commonly examined mediators of BMI efficacy, but have yet to be examined in the context of stepped care. Methods Participants were mandated college students (N = 598) participating in a stepped care trial in which mandated students first received BA. Those who reported continued risky drinking 6 weeks following a BA session were randomized to either a single-session BMI (N=163) or an Assessment-only comparison condition (AO; N = 165). BMI participants reduced alcohol-related problems at the 9 month follow up significantly more than AO participants. Multiple mediation analyses using bootstrapping techniques examined whether perceived descriptive norms and alcohol-related expectancies mediated the observed outcomes. Results Reductions in perceptions of average student drinking (B = -.24; CI = -.61 to -.04) and negative expectancies (B = -.13; CI = -.38 to -.01) mediated the BMI effects. Furthermore, perceived average student norms were reduced after the BMI to levels approximating those of students who had exhibited lower risk drinking following the BA session. Conclusions Findings highlight the utility of addressing perceived norms and expectancies in BMIs, especially for students who have not responded to less intensive prevention efforts.

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Descriptive norms and expectancies as mediators of a brief motivational intervention for mandated college students receiving stepped care for alcohol use.

Yurasek¹,

Borsari²,

Magill³

et al. 2015

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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“…As the TPB notes, the expected consequences of a behavior are an important factor to consider when predicting whether the behavior is more or less likely to occur (Ajzen, 1998, 1991; Conner et al, 2006). Individuals who expect consuming alcohol to produce positive outcomes are more likely to drink, drink more frequently, and drink more heavily than those with more negative alcohol expectancies (Fromme & D’Amico, 2000; Greenfield, Harford & Tam, 2009; Natvig Aas, Leigh, Anderssen & Jakobsen, 1998). Future research may include alcohol expectancies to examine whether they impact the moderating effect of SC on the relationship between SRDI and drinking.…”

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Self-Control as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Drinking Identity and Alcohol Use

Foster

Young

Bärnighausen

2014

Substance Use & Misuse

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This study evaluated self-control in the relationship between drinking identity and drinking. We expected those higher in drinking identity would drink more than those lower in drinking identity, particularly if low in self-control. Data were collected in 2012 via an online survey (N = 690 undergraduates, M age = 22.87, SD = 5.37, 82.50% female) at an urban university. An interaction emerged between self-control and drinking identity; self-control was negatively associated with drinking among individuals low in drinking identity, but positively associated with drinking among those high in drinking identity. Implications and future directions are discussed. This research was unfunded.

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“…Greenfield, Harford and Tam (2009) suggested that differences in culture might be crucial in the development of alcohol expectancies and the associated drinking patterns. Oei and Jardim (2007) compared the alcohol related behaviours of Asian and Caucasian students in Australia, a drinking culture similar to England.…”

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“…Findings of the US National Alcohol Survey (1995), also found that individuals of white origin drank more heavily than those of black origin. When those of black ethnicity reported that they drank heavily, they were then more at risk of becoming alcohol dependent (Greenfield, Harford &Tam, 2009). High positive alcohol expectancies such as assertion, Drinking outcome expectancies and normative perceptions of students engaged in university sport 16…”

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Drinking Outcome Expectancies and Normative Perceptions of Students Engaged in University Sport in England

Longstaff

Heather

Allsop

et al. 2015

Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology

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?? 2015 Human Kinetics, Inc. Accepted Manuscript version reprinted by permission from Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, Vol. (1): 59-75, March 2015, doi: https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2015-0005.This study examined whether students engaged in university sport have different drinking outcome expectancies and normative beliefs than students who are not engaged in university sport. A cross-sectional survey of university students in England in 2008???2009 was undertaken. A questionnaire battery, including the Drinking Expectancies Questionnaire (DEQ) and a measure of normative beliefs, was completed by 770 students from seven universities across England. Responses from 638 students who were not abstaining from alcohol were analyzed. Students engaged in university sport have significantly higher drinking expectancies of assertion compared with students not engaged in university sport. Moreover, students engaged in university sport consistently report higher personal alcohol consumption and higher perceptions of consumption in those around them than students not engaged in university sport. Both assertion and the perception that students around them drink heavily provide only a partial explanation for why students engaged in university sport drink more than those not engaged in university sport. Further research is required to identify the reasons for heavy drinking among students involved in university sport in England

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Modeling Cognitive Influences on Drinking and Alcohol Problems

Cited by 23 publications

References 41 publications

Descriptive norms and expectancies as mediators of a brief motivational intervention for mandated college students receiving stepped care for alcohol use.

Descriptive norms and expectancies as mediators of a brief motivational intervention for mandated college students receiving stepped care for alcohol use.

Self-Control as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Drinking Identity and Alcohol Use

Drinking Outcome Expectancies and Normative Perceptions of Students Engaged in University Sport in England

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