title: Social anxiety, alcohol expectancies, and self-efficacy as predictors of heavy drinking in college students.
abstract: Burke and Stephens (1999) [Burke, R.S., Stephens, R.S. Social anxiety and drinking in college students: A social cognitive theory analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 19, (1999) 513-530.] proposed a social cognitive theory of heavy drinking in college students. According to this theory, alcohol expectancies for social facilitation and self-efficacy for refusing heavy drinking in anxiety-producing social situations moderate the relationship between social anxiety and drinking. In the current study, a significant three-way interaction was observed among social anxiety, expectancies, and self-efficacy when amount and frequency of drinking was the dependent variable. As predicted by the model, socially anxious college students with low self-efficacy for avoiding heavy drinking in social situations and high positive expectancies for social facilitation reported more alcohol consumption than other socially anxious individuals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, La Salle University 1900, W. Olney Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19141, USA.
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gilles
authors.forename: Cynthia L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Turk
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Fresco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology