title: Interactive effects within the prototype willingness model: Predicting the drinking behavior of indigenous early adolescents.
abstract: Drawing on the Prototype/Willingness Model of Adolescent Risk Behavior, we used longitudinal data collected from North American Indigenous early adolescents (ages 10-12 years) to examine the interactive effects of favorable drinker prototypes, perceived drinking norms, and past-year drinking behavior on subsequent drinking behavior (i.e., drinking behavior 1 year later and growth in drinking behavior from 1-5 years later). We found that the positive association between favorable drinker prototypes and drinking 1 year later was strongest for adolescents who were high in past-year drinking and perceived low drinking norms. The interaction pattern for growth in drinking was more complex and suggested an important pattern; specifically, favorable drinker prototypes were positively associated with drinking 5 years later, but only for adolescents who reported no past-year drinking and perceived low drinking norms. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
authors.forename: Brian E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Armenta
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
authors.forename: Les B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Whitbeck
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Doane College.
authors.forename: Kari C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Gentzler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D066262:Social Norms; D000066608:Underage Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States