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Alcohol expectancies and their relationship to alcohol use
— age and sex differences | | Author(s) | D D Satre, B G Knight |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 5, no 1, February 2001 |
| Pages | pp 73-83 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Alcoholic beverages ; Attitude ; Age groups [elderly] ; Young adults [20-25] ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Previous studies have demonstrated a correlation between adolescents' and young adults' expectancies regarding the effects of alcohol and the amount of alcohol they consume. This study examined age and sex differences in expectancies and alcohol consumption for 92 older and 83 younger adults. The two groups were administered self-report questionnaires on quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption, and for positive and negative expectancies regarding the effects of alcohol. Older adults drank smaller quantities of alcohol, but more frequently. They also reported significantly low levels of both positive and negative expectancies. For older women, there was a significant relationship between negative expectancies and low alcohol consumption. For older men, positive expectancies showed a positive relationship to consumption, while negative expectancies showed a negative relationship to consumption. For younger women, positive expectancies were related to increased consumption. Expectancies are thus identified as an important aspect of drinking behaviour. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010316210 A |
| Classmark | YPP: DP: BB: SD6: 3F: 7T |
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