Date of Award

Fall 2009

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

James M. Henson

Committee Member

Bryan E. Porter

Committee Member

Michelle L. Kelley

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65 P33 2009

Abstract

The present study examined the relationships among implicit alcohol expectancies (automatic, nonconscious expected effects of alcohol), explicit alcohol expectancies ( deliberate, conscious expected effects of alcohol), drinking motives (self-reported reasons for drinking), alcohol use, and alcohol-related problems among college students (n=2 l l ). As predicted, explicit alcohol expectancies were mediated by drinking motives. Implicit alcohol expectancies (as measured by Single-Target Implicit Association Tests) were expected to have direct effects on alcoho I use, but the data did not support these predictions. Unexpectedly, implicit sociability expectancies significantly predicted alcohol problems even when controlling for alcohol use. Replicating previous research, alcohol use mediated the relationship between enhancement motives and alcohol problems. Although it was predicted that negative reinforcement motives ( conformity, coping-depression, coping-anxiety) would have direct effects on alcohol problems, mixed evidence was found for the coping motives, and no evidence was found for conformity motives. A final model of best fit was created that situated coping-depression motives and enhancement motives as the unique predictors of alcohol use and coping-depression motives and implicit sociability expectancies as the unique predictors of alcohol problems. The implications of the findings for the five-factor model of drinking motives, dual process models of alcohol expectancies, and future intervention development are discussed.

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DOI

10.25777/zjs6-4439

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