Social skills, expectancies, and drinking in adolescents

Lisa Rosenthal Gaffney; Karen Thorpe; Ross Young; Robyn Collett; Stefano Occhipinti

doi:10.1016/S0306-4603(98)00025-2

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Social skills, expectancies, and drinking in adolescents

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Social skills, expectancies, and drinking in adolescents

Lisa Rosenthal Gaffney, Karen Thorpe, Ross Young, Robyn Collett and Stefano Occhipinti

Addictive Behaviors, Vol.23(5), pp.587-599

1998

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4603(98)00025-2

PMID: 9768296

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Research in the field of teenage drinking behavior has shown relationships between both social skills and drinking and alcohol expectancies and drinking. The present research investigated the comparative power of both of these sets of variables in predicting teenage drinking behavior, as well as looking at the contribution of more global cognitive structures. It was hypothesised that adolescents with high alcohol involvement would be discriminated from those with low involvement on the basis of social skills, cognitive structures, and alcohol expectancies. Seven hundred thirty-two adolescents participated in the study. Results indicated that adolescent alcohol involvement was associated with social skills deficits, positive alcohol expectancies, and negative cognitive structures concerning parents and teachers. The results revealed that, although the bulk of the variance in drinking behavior was explained by the independent effects of social skills and expectancies, the interaction of the two constructs explained an additional and significant proportion of the variance. Implications for preventive and treatment programs are discussed.

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Title: Social skills, expectancies, and drinking in adolescents
Authors: Lisa Rosenthal Gaffney (Author) - University of Queensland
Karen Thorpe (Author) - University of Queensland
Ross Young (Author) - University of Queensland
Robyn Collett (Author) - University of Queensland
Stefano Occhipinti (Author) - University of Queensland
Publication details: Addictive Behaviors, Vol.23(5), pp.587-599
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(98)00025-2
ISSN: 1873-6327
PMID: 9768296
Organisation Unit: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99550992102621
Output Type: Journal article

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