title: The prediction of habitual alcohol use from alcohol related expectancies and personality.
abstract: Two studies testing social learning theory predictions of habitual alcohol use in college students are reported. Study 1 (N = 96) investigated alcohol related expectancies and social desirability as predictors of habitual alcohol use. Higher habitual alcohol use was correlated with higher expected dominance, but this correlation was not modified by social desirability or subject sex. Study 2 (N = 88) tested effects of personality traits on habitual alcohol use. Habitual alcohol use was positively correlated with EPI extraversion. Examination of extraversion sub-factors suggests that impulsivity and sociability independently predict drinking. The data indicate the strengths and limitations of alcohol related expectancy as an explanatory construct.
authors.affiliation: University of Aston, Birmingham, U.K.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D003071:Cognition; D004739:England; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012737:Sex Factors; D012928:Social Desirability; D012930:Social Dominance; D013334:Students
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol