Relationship of alcohol expectancies to problem drinking among college women.
Relationship of alcohol expectancies to problem drinking among college women.
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大学女性酒精预期与饮酒问题的关系。
DOI：
10.1016/1054-139x(94)00065-m
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1995
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Greene,JW
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作者：
Werner,MJ;Walker,LS;Greene,JW
为了评估对酒精的期望的稳定性和他们的能力，前瞻性地解释饮酒模式和发生酒精相关的问题之间的大学新生women. METHODS女大学生（n = 120）完成了一个标准化的措施的期望和主观评价的积极和消极的结果与饮酒和问卷调查评估饮酒模式和常见的酒精。在学年开始和结束时都有相关问题。百分之九十的学生是白人，平均年龄为17.9岁（SD = 0.5）。学生的积极和消极的结果预期和他们在年初的主观评价与年底的饮酒模式显著相关（p <0.05）。在这一年中，低风险的问题饮酒的学生对酒精对勇气的影响产生了更强的积极态度，对潜在的行为障碍变得不那么关心，对自我认知的负面影响也较少。高风险的学生表现出显着下降，他们的积极态度，酒精对他们的社交能力的影响。在学年开始时对酒精的期望解释了随后饮酒的33%的方差（F = 6.17; p <0.0004）和一年中发生的酒精相关问题的20%的方差（F = 3.26; p <0.02）。年初的结果评估量表比结果预期量表更能解释随后饮酒和酒精相关问题的差异。结论对于这些女大学生来说，酒精结果预期及其主观评估在大一新生中相对稳定。进入大学时的酒精预期解释了饮酒行为的显著变化以及随后大一期间与酒精有关的问题的发生。学生对感知结果的态度可能比感知结果本身的可能性更重要。
PURPOSETo evaluate the stability of expectancies about alcohol and their ability to prospectively explain drinking patterns and the occurrence of alcohol-related problems among college freshman women.METHODSCollege women (n = 120) completed a standardized measure of expectations and subjective evaluations of positive and negative outcomes associated with drinking and a questionnaire assessing drinking patterns and common alcohol-related problems at both the beginning and end of the school year. Ninety percent of the students were Caucasian with a mean age of 17.9 years (SD = 0.5).RESULTSStudents' positive and negative outcome expectations and their subjective evaluations at the beginning of the year were significantly correlated with drinking patterns at the end of the year (p's < .05). During the year, students at low risk for problem drinking developed stronger positive attitudes toward the effects of alcohol upon courage, became less concerned about potential behavioral impairment, and perceived less negative effects upon self-perception. High risk students showed a significant decline in their positive attitudes toward the effects of alcohol upon their sociability. Expectancies about alcohol at the beginning of the school year explained 33% of variance in subsequent drinking (F = 6.17; p < .0004) and 20% of the variance in alcohol-related problems occurring during the year (F = 3.26; p < .02). Outcome evaluation scales at the beginning of the year explained more variance in subsequent drinking and alcohol-related problems than did outcome expectation scales.CONCLUSIONSAlcohol outcome expectations and their subjective evaluations were relatively stable across the freshman year for these college women. Alcohol expectancies on entry into college explained significant amounts of variability in drinking behavior and the occurrence of alcohol-related problems during the subsequent freshman year. Students' attitudes toward perceived outcomes may be more important than the perceived likelihood of the outcomes themselves.