The prospective interactive effects of alcohol expectancies and subjective response on future drinking behavior.

The current study focused on the associations between drinking motives, alcohol expectancies, self-efficacy, and drinking behavior in a representative sample of 553 Dutch adolescents and adults. Data were gathered by means of self-report questionnaires and a 14-days drinking diary. A model was postulated in which negative expectancies and self-efficacy were directly associated with drinking, and in which drinking motives mediated the associations between positive expectancies, and drinking. The findings of multivariate analyses showed that drinking motives were related to general indicators of drinking and to drinking levels in specific situations. Furthermore, self-efficacy was moderately related to all drinking variables. Negative expectancies were related to general drinking variables but hardly to drinking in specific situations. Positive expectancies were hardly related to drinking in multivariate analyses and therefore mediation models could not be tested. No systematic moderator effects were apparent for age and gender on the associations between drinking motives, alcohol expectancies, self-efficacy, and drinking.

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Alcohol Expectancy, Drinking Behavior, and Sexual Victimization Among Female and Male College Students

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260515591280 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 32 (15) ◽

pp. 2298-2322 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Kimberly A. Tyler ◽

Rachel M. Schmitz ◽

Scott A. Adams

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Sexual Assault ◽

Sexual Victimization ◽

Drinking Behavior ◽

Heavy Drinking ◽

Alcohol Expectancies ◽

Hooking Up ◽

Alcohol Expectancy ◽

Housing Type ◽

The Relationship

College students have high rates of heavy drinking, and this dangerous behavior is strongly linked to sexual victimization. Although research has examined risk factors for sexual assault, few studies have simultaneously studied the various pathways through which risks may affect sexual assault and how these pathways may be uniquely different among females and males. As such, the current study uses path analyses to examine whether alcohol expectancies mediate the relationship between social factors (e.g., hooking up, amount friends drink) and drinking behavior and experiencing sexual victimization, and whether drinking behavior mediates the relationship between alcohol expectancies and sexual victimization among a college sample of 704 males and females from a large Midwestern university. For both females and males, sexual victimization was positively associated with child sexual abuse, hooking up more often, and heavier drinking, whereas greater alcohol expectancies were associated with sexual victimization only for females. Several mediating pathways were found for both females and males. Gender comparisons revealed that some of the pathways to sexual victimization such as hooking up, amount friends drink, and housing type operated differently for females and males.

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Alcohol Expectancies in Relation to Personality and Aggression among Juvenile Delinquents in Northern Russia

Journal of Drug Education ◽

10.2190/e28e-e6m3-cl21-jrf0 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 111-130

Author(s):

Roman A. Koposov ◽

Vladislav V. Ruchkin ◽

Martin Eisemann ◽

Pavel I. Sidorov

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Use ◽

Juvenile Delinquents ◽

Problem Drinking ◽

Drinking Behavior ◽

Alcohol Expectancies ◽

Personality Factors ◽

Alcohol Prevention ◽

Northern Russia ◽

High Level ◽

Alcohol Related Problems

The relationships between alcohol expectancies, level of alcohol use, alcohol-related problems, aggression, and personality factors in 198 Russian male juvenile delinquents were assessed. A clustering procedure was used in order to establish main patterns of alcohol expectancies, yielding three major clusters. Level of alcohol use, alcohol-related problems, aggression, and personality factors were compared across the identified clusters. It was established that juvenile delinquents with a high level of positive alcohol expectancies and aggression represented a risk-group for higher involvement in drinking behavior as well as problem drinking, which in turn are related to specific personality traits. Implications of these findings for alcohol prevention among the youth are discussed.

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Psychometric validation of measures of alcohol expectancies, retrospective subjective response, and positive drinking consequences for use with adolescents

Addictive Behaviors ◽

10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.02.036 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 58 ◽

pp. 182-187 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

M.E. Morean ◽

S. Zellers ◽

M. Tamler ◽

S. Krishnan-Sarin

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Expectancies ◽

Psychometric Validation ◽

Subjective Response ◽

Drinking Consequences

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Journal of Clinical and Translational Science ◽

10.1017/cts.2017.123 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (S1) ◽

pp. 33-33

Author(s):

Corbin Daniel Ester ◽

Bethany Stangl ◽

Aruna Gogineni ◽

Lauren Blau ◽

Vatsalya Vatsalya ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Family History ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Heavy Drinking ◽

Alcohol Expectancies ◽

Subjective Response ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Risky Drinking ◽

Alcohol Sensitivity ◽

Alcohol Hangover

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: The current study examined hangover following IV alcohol self-administration (IV-ASA) using the Computer-Assisted Infusion System. The goal of the study was to identify predictors of hangover, including drinking history, alcohol sensitivity, family history, expectancies, and sex differences in nondependent drinkers. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The study sample included 89 healthy, nondependent drinkers aged 21–45 years. After a screening to exclude any medical illness or psychiatric disorders, participants completed an IV-ASA session. Each session consisted of a 25-minute priming phase, during which participants were prompted to press a button to receive individually standardized alcohol infusions, followed by a 2-hour “open bar” phase, during which they were instructed to recreate a typical drinking experience. Results from the IV-ASA included peak and average BrAC. Drinking patterns were assessed using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, which provided 3 subscales: consumption (AUDIT-C), dependence (AUDIT-D), and harmful drinking (AUDIT-H). Subjective response to alcohol was measured using the Drug Effects Questionnaire (DEQ). The Alcohol Hangover Scale (AHS) was used to assess hangover for the period between participants’ departure from the study unit and 10 am the next morning. The Alcohol Effects Questionnaire (AEFQ) is a measure which includes 40 true/false statements about how alcohol typically makes respondents feel, and was used to measure alcohol expectancies. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Results showed that 78% of participants endorsed having at least 1 hangover symptom following IV-ASA. The most commonly reported items were tired, thirsty, headache, and hangover. There was no association between hangover scores and the AUDIT-C or IV-ASA. Because alcohol consumption was not related to hangover symptoms, risky drinking behavior was examined. Results indicated that participants endorsing 4 or more items on the AUDIT-D plus AUDIT-H subscales showed significantly higher average hangover scores. Linear regression analyses indicated that alcohol hangover scores were associated with DEQ items feel, high, and intoxicated. Ongoing analyses are examining additional predictors of hangover including family history, alcohol expectancies, sex differences, and other alcohol sensitivity measures. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: The results indicated that risky drinking patterns and alcohol response measures were positively associated with hangover symptoms in non-dependent drinks, while no correlation between consumption and hangover symptoms were found. Since previous research has shown than greater subjective response is associated with heavy drinking and predictive of alcohol use disorder, it is possible that hangover symptoms is a marker of this relationship. Since the role of hangover in the transition from heavy drinking to disorder still remains unclear, it will be important to characterize this relationship between alcohol sensitivity and hangover as a function of drinking patterns. This understanding may help to prevent this transition from at-risk drinking to alcohol dependent drinking.

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