Self-generated alcohol outcomes in 8th and 10th graders: exposure to vicarious sources of alcohol information.
The perceived positive and negative outcomes of alcohol use were studied in a sample of normal 8th and 10th grade students. Participants' responses provided associative frequency norms valuable for future research. Regression analyses showed (1) none of the individual-difference variables (alcohol use, exposure to vicarious sources of alcohol information, such as televised advertising, and demographics) predicted self-generated responses, and (2) alcohol use and first-hand observation of others' drinking did predict the valence respondents assigned to the outcomes. Results support and extend the findings of Stacy, Galaif, Sussman, and Dent [Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 10(1) 1996 18], wherein self-generated drug use outcomes appeared to be available in memory regardless of previous drug use or other individual differences.
Zogg
Jennifer B
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The Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Unit 8, Room 4218, 1000 South Fremont Avenue, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA. zogg@usc.edu
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Huiyan
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Dent
Clyde W
CW
Stacy
Alan W
AW
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000329:Advertising; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013690:Television