ArticlePrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2014
Spring break versus spring broken: predictive utility of spring break alcohol intentions and willingness at varying levels of extremity.
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- Applying the prototype willingness model to day-level simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Article
- A qualitative examination of the decision-making process of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use: Intentions and willingness.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- A qualitative examination of intentions and willingness for heavy drinking among young adult high-intensity drinkers.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Article
- Examining the ecological validity of the prototype willingness model for adolescent and young adult alcohol use.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Article
- Are Co-users of Alcohol and Marijuana More Willing to Experience Consequences From Drinking? A Longitudinal Examination Among First-Year College Students.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2019Article
- High-Intensity Drinking.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2018Review
- Examining daily variability in willingness to drink in relation to underage young adult alcohol use.Addictive behaviors · 2016Article
- Examining the role of abstainer prototype favorability as a mediator of the abstainer-norms-drinking-behavior relationship.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2015Article
- The burden of alcohol use: excessive alcohol consumption and related consequences among college students.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2013Review
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Abstract
Within the domain of risk-related behavior, many times the decision to engage is not a product of premeditation or intention. The prototype willingness model was created to capture and explain the unintended element of risk behavior. The present study aimed to evaluate the importance of willingness versus intention, two important constructs within the prototype willingness model, in relation to spring break drinking behavior when assessed at both high and low extremities. College undergraduates (N = 275) completed questionnaires prior to spring break regarding their anticipated spring break activities. Willingness and intention were assessed for different levels of risk. Specifically, participants indicated the extent to which they intended to (a) get drunk and (b) drink enough to black out or pass out; and the extent to which they were willing to (a) get drunk and (b) drink enough to black out or pass out. When classes resumed following spring break, the students indicated the extent to which they actually (a) got drunk and (b) drank enough to black out or pass out. Results demonstrated that when the health-related risk was lower (i.e., getting drunk), intention was a stronger predictor of behavior than was willingness. However, as the level of risk increased (i.e., getting drunk enough to black out or pass out), willingness more strongly predicted behavior. The present study suggests that willingness and intentions differentially predict spring break alcohol-related behavior depending on the extremity of behavior in question. Implications regarding alcohol interventions are discussed.
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