The Moderating Role of Gender in the Prospective Associations Between Expectancies and Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences Among College Students

This study examined if alcohol expectancies (assessed with the Comprehensive Effects of Alcohol-Brief Form) were prospectively related to negative consequences (assessed with the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index) and if these associations varied by gender. Data were collected from 558 first-year colleg...

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Published in:Substance use & misuse 2009-01, Vol.44 (7), p.934-942
Main Authors: Thompson, Martie P., Spitler, Hugh, Mccoy, Thomas P., Marra, Laura, Sutfin, Erin L., Rhodes, Scott D., Brown, Catherine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcohol related
Alcohol-Related Disorders - psychology
alcohol-related negative consequences
Alcoholism
Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning
Attitude
Biological and medical sciences
Choice Behavior
college students
Consequences
Drug addiction
expectancies
Female
Gender
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Negative events
Problem drinking
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sex Characteristics
Students - psychology
Toxicology
Undergraduate students
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Summary:This study examined if alcohol expectancies (assessed with the Comprehensive Effects of Alcohol-Brief Form) were prospectively related to negative consequences (assessed with the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index) and if these associations varied by gender. Data were collected from 558 first-year college students at a university in the southeastern United States as part of an intervention study conducted during their initial residence hall meetings of the fall semester of 2007. Only those students who used alcohol and completed both baseline and 3-month follow-up surveys were included in the analyses (n = 347). Mixed-model multivariate analyses indicated that higher sexuality and tension reduction expectancies were prospectively related to more alcohol consumption-related negative consequences for males but not for females. Findings suggest that intervention efforts to prevent problem drinking would benefit from being gender-specific. The study's limitations are noted.
ISSN:1082-6084
1532-2491
DOI:10.1080/10826080802490659