title: Drinking, abstinence, and academic motives: Relationships among multiple motivational domains and alcohol use in college students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Drinking, abstinence, and academic motives have been previously linked with alcohol consumption in high school and college students; however, little research has examined the impact of such sources of motivations concurrently.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Drawing from self-determination theory (SDT; Ryan & Deci, 2000), the current study tested the hypothesis that alcohol-related and academic motives would be associated with one another along internal vs. external focused dimensions. We also examined the relative influence of these motives on alcohol consumption.
  
  
  METHODS
  College students (N=226) completed self-report measures assessing drinking motives, abstinence motives, academic motives, and alcohol-related outcomes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings suggest that drinking motives are related to abstinence motives but not academic motives. Both forms of alcohol-related motives were related to alcohol use and consequences; no associations between academic motives and alcohol variables were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The lack of associations among academic motives, alcohol-related motives, and alcohol variables departs from previous findings suggesting that academic motives impact alcohol use. The current findings indicate a greater understanding of the interplay of motivational sets related to salient issues for youth, such as academics, is needed in order to expand intervention models for alcohol use in such populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR, USA; Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. Electronic address: Elizabeth@grimaldi.ws.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Health Research Program, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR, USA; Department of Psychology, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, USA. Electronic address: benjamin.ladd@wsu.edu.
authors.forename: Benjamin O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Ladd
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR, USA; Adolescent Health Research Program, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR, USA. Electronic address: andersok@reed.edu.
authors.forename: Kristen G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D064829:Alcohol Abstinence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D015205:Northwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D057566:Self Report; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: College students; Drinking motives; Self-determination theory