Expectancies and Evaluations of Alcohol Problems

描述(申请人提供)：饮酒在大学生中很普遍。由于饮酒，相当一部分大学生经历了负面后果。了解一些人为什么以及如何将消费限制在安全水平而几乎没有负面后果，而另一些人却容易出现相当大的与使用有关的问题，这是一个重要的研究问题。这项拟议的研究将检查关于酒精相关问题的综合衡量标准的评估(对积极与消极的看法)和预期(可能与不可能)。具体地说，它将检查对酒精问题的评估和预期是否预示着危险的消费和问题。这项研究还将分析在评估与酒精相关的问题的感知可能性和厌恶/可取性方面的性别差异。回归分析将被用来检验主要假设。有害酒精消费和问题将成为标准变量。评价和预期指数以及性别将成为预测变量。这项研究将有助于理解可能阻止危险饮酒(或促进安全饮酒)并影响人们安全饮酒和避免负面后果的因素。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Alcohol use is prevalent among college students. As a result of alcohol use, a considerable minority of college students experience negative consequences. Understanding why and how some people may limit consumption to safe levels with few negative consequences while others are prone to considerable use-related problems constitutes an important research question. The proposed study will examine evaluations (beliefs about positive vs. negative) and expectancies (probable vs. not probable) in respect to a comprehensive measure of alcohol-related problems. Specifically, it will examine whether evaluations and expectancies of alcohol problems predict hazardous consumption and problems. The study will also analyze gender differences in evaluating the perceived likelihood and the aversiveness/desirability of alcohol-related problems. Regression analyses will be used to test the primary hypotheses. Hazardous alcohol consumption and problems will be the criterion variables. Evaluation and expectancy indices and gender will be predictor variables. The study will contribute to understanding factors that may discourage hazardous drinking (or foster safe drinking) and affect people's decisions to drink safely and avoid negative consequences.