ArticleAddictive behaviors2018
The relative strength of attitudes versus perceived drinking norms as predictors of alcohol use.
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- Longitudinal analysis for between- and within-person influences of descriptive alcohol drinking norms and attitudes on drinking outcomes.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- An Examination of predictors of prospective changes in self-reported drinker identity and changes in drinker identity as a predictor of changes in alcohol use and associated consequences.Addictive behaviors · 2025Article
- Influencer Drinking Norms: Cross-Sectional Mediators of Alcohol-Related Social Media and College Drinking.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- I need new friends! Changes in perceived peer drinking norms and developmental outcomes across the transition to college.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2024Article
- Daily Associations Between Injunctive Drinking Norms and Alcohol Consumption.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2024Article
- Alcohol Consumption Norms and the Favored Alcohol Consumption Policies of Citizens of Seoul.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Social Norms Regarding Alcohol Use, Perceptions of Alcohol Advertisement and Intent to Drink Alcohol among Youth in Uganda.International journal of health promotion and education · 2024Article
- Whose Approval Matters Most? Examining Discrepancies in Self- and Other- Perceptions of Drinking.Substance use & misuse · 2024Article
- Influencing and implementing mandatory alcohol pregnancy warning labels in Australia and New Zealand.Health promotion international · 2023Article
- Examining Attitude, Norms, and Intentions as Predictors of Prospective Change in Alcohol-Induced Blackouts.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Article
- Heavy drinking and problem drinking among youth in Uganda: A structural equation model of alcohol marketing, advertisement perceptions and social norms.Drug and alcohol review · 2022Article
- Descriptive peer drinking norms and binge drinking: Enhancement motives as a mediator and alcohol resistance self-efficacy as a moderator.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Attitudes to Cannabis Use and Public Prevention Information Among Young Adults: A Qualitative Interview Study With Implications for Prevention Practice.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- How to prevent alcohol and illicit drug use among students in affluent areas: a qualitative study on motivation and attitudes towards prevention.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
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Abstract
Social cognitive factors such as perceived norms and personal attitudes toward alcohol consumption are reliable predictors of alcohol use and related problems. The current study aimed to evaluate the relative importance of one's attitude toward alcohol use as a unique and important predictor of drinking related outcomes when directly compared to perceived descriptive and injunctive norms. Participants were mandated students (n=568; 28% female) who violated a campus alcohol policy and received a Brief Motivational Intervention. Analyses included the use of linear regression for prospective predictions to evaluate the relative importance of predictors which included perceived descriptive norms and injunctive norms, and attitudes toward moderate and heavy alcohol use. Overall, the results indicate that one's attitude toward heavy alcohol use is a stronger predictor of drinks per week, binge frequency, as well as alcohol related problems when directly compared to norms. Thus, the findings of the current study provide a compelling rationale for incorporating attitudes in the development and refinement of intervention strategies.
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