Expectancies and Evaluations of Alcohol Problems

描述（由申请人提供）：酒精使用在大学生中很普遍。由于饮酒，相当一部分大学生经历了负面后果。了解为什么以及如何有些人可能会限制消费到安全的水平，很少有负面影响，而其他人则容易出现相当大的使用相关的问题，构成了一个重要的研究问题。拟议的研究将检查评估（关于积极与消极的信念）和预期（可能与不可能），以全面衡量酒精相关问题。具体来说，它将研究是否评估和酒精问题的预期预测危险消费和问题。研究还将分析性别差异，在评估感知的可能性和厌恶/可取的酒精相关的问题。回归分析将用于检验主要假设。危险的酒精消费和问题将是标准变量。评价和期望指数以及性别将是预测变量。这项研究将有助于了解可能阻止危险饮酒（或促进安全饮酒）的因素，并影响人们安全饮酒和避免负面后果的决定。

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.