The differential role of alcohol expectancies and drinking refusal self-efficacy in problem and nonproblem drinkers

Author(s): Fergusson, S., Lee, N. K.

Journal/Book: J Stud Alcohol. 1998; 59: C/O Deirdre English, 607 Allison Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8001. Alcohol Res Documentation Inc Cent Alcohol Stud Rutgers Univ. 704-711.

Abstract: Objective: The present study aimed to examine the discriminatory ability of alcohol expectancies and drinking refusal self-efficacy and to identify the differential role of these constructs in social and problem drinkers. Method: Drinkers (N = 276) were self-selected from general (n = 185) and clinical (n = 91) populations to complete a 40-minute questionnaire that asked about alcohol expectancies, drinking refusal self-efficacy, consumption, degree of dependence and demographics. Results: The results showed that in social drinkers both the expectancy and self-efficacy constructs were reliably able to discriminate between types of drinker. Expectancy was related to consumption in social drinkers, but did not appear to account for a significant proportion of the variance in problem drinkers. Conclusions: The findings are discussed in terms of a two-process model of drinking behavior that suggests that expectancies operate differently in social and problem drinkers.

Note: Article Oei TPS, Univ Queensland, Dept Psychol, Brisbane, Qld 4072, AUSTRALIA

Keyword(s): POSTTREATMENT ABSTINENCE SURVIVORSHIP; DATA SADD QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT DRINKING; DEPENDENCE SYNDROME; PREDICTION; RELAPSE; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMPTION; INSTRUMENT; VALIDITY

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