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Brand: The Gale Group Format: HTML Label: Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. Manufacturer: Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. Number Of Pages: 30 Publication Date: January 01, 2001 Publisher: Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. Release Date: July 28, 2005 Studio: Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: This digital document is an article from Journal of Studies on Alcohol, published by Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 8701 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the author: Objective: Social influences are among the most robust predictors of adolescent substance use and misuse. Studies with early adolescent samples have supported the need to distinguish among various types of social influences to better delineate relations between social factors and alcohol use and problems. Method: The first major goal of the present study (N = 399, 263 women) was to examine unique relations between particular facets of social influence and alcohol use and problems in a relatively heavy-drinking population (i.e., college students). We hypothesized that active social influences (offers to drink alcohol) and passive social influences (social modeling and perceived norms) would demonstrate positive associations with measures of alcohol use and problems. We also tested the hypothesis that alcohol outcome expectancies would mediate associations between social influences and drinking behaviors. Results: Structural equation modeling analyses provided strong support for the first hypothesis. Social modeling demonstrated the strongest association with alcohol use and problems, and active social influences demonstrated significant associations with both use and problems. Perceived norms were related to alcohol use, but not directly with alcohol problems. Support for the second hypothesis was positive but limited to one type of social influence. Strong evidence for a mediational role of outcome expectancies was found for relations between social modeling and alcohol use and problems. Conclusions: Together, these findings demonstrate the unique and relative contribution of active and passive social influences and provide limited support for a hypothesized process by which social factors influence cognitions and alcohol-related behaviors. (J Stud. Alcohol 62: 32-43, 2001) Citation Details Title: Social Influence Processes and College Student Drinking: The Mediational Role of Alcohol Outcome Expectancies(*).(Abstract) Author: Mark D. Wood Publication: Journal of Studies on Alcohol (Refereed) Date: January 1, 2001 Publisher: Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. Volume: 62 Issue: 1 Page: 32 Article Type: Abstract Distributed by Thomson Gale 
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