Social anxiety, alcohol expectancies, and self-efficacy as predictors of heavy drinking in college students

Burke and Stephens (1999) [Burke, R.S., Stephens, R.S. Social anxiety and drinking in college students: A social cognitive theory analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 19, (1999) 513–530.] proposed a social cognitive theory of heavy drinking in college students. According to this theory, alcohol exp...

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Published in:Addictive behaviors 2006-03, Vol.31 (3), p.388-398
Main Authors: Gilles, Donna M., Turk, Cynthia L., Fresco, David M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Alcohol
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcohol expectancies
Alcohol use
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
College students
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Models, Psychological
Motivation
Predictions
Self Efficacy
Self image
Social Adjustment
Social anxiety
Social Behavior
Social interaction
Students - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Burke and Stephens (1999) [Burke, R.S., Stephens, R.S. Social anxiety and drinking in college students: A social cognitive theory analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 19, (1999) 513–530.] proposed a social cognitive theory of heavy drinking in college students. According to this theory, alcohol expectancies for social facilitation and self-efficacy for refusing heavy drinking in anxiety-producing social situations moderate the relationship between social anxiety and drinking. In the current study, a significant three-way interaction was observed among social anxiety, expectancies, and self-efficacy when amount and frequency of drinking was the dependent variable. As predicted by the model, socially anxious college students with low self-efficacy for avoiding heavy drinking in social situations and high positive expectancies for social facilitation reported more alcohol consumption than other socially anxious individuals.
ISSN:0306-4603
1873-6327
DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.05.020