Positive Social Alcohol Outcome Expectancies,Social Anxiety,and Hazardous Drinking in College Students |
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Authors: | Lindsay S Ham |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas, 216 Memorial Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA |
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Abstract: | Although social anxiety and problematic alcohol use co-occur at alarmingly high rates, the mechanism for this co-occurrence
is not well understood. The current study examined the mediating role of positive social alcohol expectancies (i.e., beliefs
related to the desirable social effects of drinking) in the relationship between social anxiety and hazardous drinking (i.e.,
heavy drinking and negative consequences) among an ethnically and racially diverse (87% racial and/or ethnic minority) sample
of undergraduate volunteers (n = 610; Mage = 19.1; 69% women). The results of structural equation modeling analyses (using AMOS 7.0) indicated that social (but not
tension reduction, sexual enhancement, positive cognitive changes, or negative affective changes) alcohol outcome expectancies
partially mediated the association between social anxiety and hazardous drinking; however, social anxiety had a negative direct
effect on hazardous drinking. Findings implicate social alcohol outcome expectancies as a mechanism to target in treatment
and prevention among socially anxious students. |
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