title: Control and Alcohol-Problem Recognition Among College Students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined negative control (ie, perceived lack of control over life outcomes) and need for control as predictors of alcohol-problem recognition, evaluations (good/bad), and expectancies (likely/unlikely) among college students. The study also explored the interaction between the need for control and alcohol consumption in alcohol-related outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were a convenience sample of 500 college students from a rural Midwest university. Data were collected during the 2009-2010 academic year.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed a survey assessing control and alcohol-problem recognition, evaluations, and expectancies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Negative control demonstrated a significant positive association with alcohol-problem recognition, evaluations, and expectancies after controlling for gender and alcohol consumption. Need for control did not have a main effect. However, the interaction was significant in that the association between need for control and negative evaluation of alcohol problems was strongest among participants with the highest levels of alcohol consumption.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results demonstrate that individuals' differences in sense of control are associated with alcohol-problem recognition, evaluations, and expectancies in young adults.
authors.forename: Raluca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.forename: Austin M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaster
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D063425:Binge Drinking / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012647:Self-Assessment; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: alcohol, need for control, negative control, problem recognition