title: Expectations, alienation, and drinking motives among college men and women.
abstract: Relationships among three motivational variables (negative-personal functions of drinking, alienation, and perceived discrepancies between valued goals and expected success toward valued goals) were evaluated in a group of 257 college drinkers. As predicted, a positive relationship between alienation scores and the extent of discrepancies between values and expectations for academic and social success was found. Negative-personal drinking functions were positively associated with both alienation and value-expectation discrepancies. Results are discussed in terms of heuristic consistency and potential applications.
authors.affiliation: University of Montana.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Carman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petree
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*