The predictive utility of drinking refusal self-efficacy and alcohol expectancy: A diary-based study of tension reduction

Ross Young; Tian P S Oei

doi:10.1016/S0306-4603(99)00004-0

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The predictive utility of drinking refusal self-efficacy and alcohol expectancy: A diary-based study of tension reduction

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The predictive utility of drinking refusal self-efficacy and alcohol expectancy: A diary-based study of tension reduction

Ross Young and Tian P S Oei

Addictive Behaviors, Vol.25(3), pp.415-421

2000

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4603(99)00004-0

PMID: 10890294

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Tension

Diary

Alcohol expectancy

Self-efficacy

The potential tension reduction effects of alcohol may be most appropriately tested by examining the role of alcohol related beliefs regarding alcohol's anxiolytic properties. The relationship between affective change drinking refusal self-efficacy, tension reduction alcohol expectancies, and ongoing drinking behavior was examined amongst 57 regular drinkers. Alcohol consumption, antecedent, and consequent mood states were monitored prospectively by diary. Social leaming theory hypothesizes that low drinking refusal self-efficacy when experiencing a negative mood state should be associated with more frequent drinking when tense. Strong alcohol expectancies of tension reduction were hypothesized to predict subsequent tension reduction. Contrary to this hypothesis, the present study found that alcohol expectancies were more strongly related to antecedent mood states. Only a weak relationship between drinking refusal self-efficacy and predrinking tension, and between alcohol expectancy and subsequent tension reduction, was evident.

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Title: The predictive utility of drinking refusal self-efficacy and alcohol expectancy: A diary-based study of tension reduction
Authors: Ross Young (Author) - University of Queensland
Tian P S Oei (Author) - University of Queensland
Publication details: Addictive Behaviors, Vol.25(3), pp.415-421
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(99)00004-0
ISSN: 1873-6327
PMID: 10890294
Organisation Unit: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99550991902621
Output Type: Journal article

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