Pre-drinking and alcohol-related harm in undergraduates: the influence of explicit motives and implicit alcohol identity
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.The present study investigated how pre-drinking could be explained using a model based on dual-systems theory, incorporating measures of explicit and implicit constructs. Undergraduate students (N = 144; 44 male; 100 female; M<inf>age&am...
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| author | Caudwell, K. Hagger, Martin |
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| description | © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.The present study investigated how pre-drinking could be explained using a model based on dual-systems theory, incorporating measures of explicit and implicit constructs. Undergraduate students (N = 144; 44 male; 100 female; M<inf>age</inf> = 20.1 years), completed an online survey comprising measures of pre-drinking motives, a measure of pre-drinking cost motives, and an alcohol identity implicit association test. Variance-based structural equation modelling revealed that the predictors explained 34.8 % of the variance in typical pre-drinking alcohol consumption and 25 % of the variance in alcohol-related harm. Cost, interpersonal enhancement, and barriers to consumption motives predicted higher typical pre-drinking alcohol consumption and greater alcohol-related harm. Higher situational control scores predicted lower typical pre-drinking alcohol consumption, and lower alcohol-related harm. Positive implicit alcohol identity predicted alcohol-related harm, but not typical alcohol consumption. Results indicate that a dual-systems approach to pre-drinking has utility in predicting alcohol-related harm and may inform interventions to reduce excessive alcohol consumption and associated harm. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-626212018-02-01T05:57:48Z Pre-drinking and alcohol-related harm in undergraduates: the influence of explicit motives and implicit alcohol identity Caudwell, K. Hagger, Martin © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.The present study investigated how pre-drinking could be explained using a model based on dual-systems theory, incorporating measures of explicit and implicit constructs. Undergraduate students (N = 144; 44 male; 100 female; M<inf>age</inf> = 20.1 years), completed an online survey comprising measures of pre-drinking motives, a measure of pre-drinking cost motives, and an alcohol identity implicit association test. Variance-based structural equation modelling revealed that the predictors explained 34.8 % of the variance in typical pre-drinking alcohol consumption and 25 % of the variance in alcohol-related harm. Cost, interpersonal enhancement, and barriers to consumption motives predicted higher typical pre-drinking alcohol consumption and greater alcohol-related harm. Higher situational control scores predicted lower typical pre-drinking alcohol consumption, and lower alcohol-related harm. Positive implicit alcohol identity predicted alcohol-related harm, but not typical alcohol consumption. Results indicate that a dual-systems approach to pre-drinking has utility in predicting alcohol-related harm and may inform interventions to reduce excessive alcohol consumption and associated harm. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62621 10.1007/s10865-014-9573-6 Springer New York LLC restricted |
| spellingShingle | Caudwell, K. Hagger, Martin Pre-drinking and alcohol-related harm in undergraduates: the influence of explicit motives and implicit alcohol identity |
| title | Pre-drinking and alcohol-related harm in undergraduates: the influence of explicit motives and implicit alcohol identity |
| title_full | Pre-drinking and alcohol-related harm in undergraduates: the influence of explicit motives and implicit alcohol identity |
| title_fullStr | Pre-drinking and alcohol-related harm in undergraduates: the influence of explicit motives and implicit alcohol identity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pre-drinking and alcohol-related harm in undergraduates: the influence of explicit motives and implicit alcohol identity |
| title_short | Pre-drinking and alcohol-related harm in undergraduates: the influence of explicit motives and implicit alcohol identity |
| title_sort | pre-drinking and alcohol-related harm in undergraduates: the influence of explicit motives and implicit alcohol identity |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62621 |