Self-Generated Alcohol Outcomes in 8th and 10th Graders: Exposure to Vicarious Sources of Alcohol Information

Authors

Jennifer B. Zogg
Huiyan Ma
Clyde W. Dent
Alan W. Stacy, Claremont Graduate UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Department

Community and Global Health (CGU)

Publication Date

1-2004

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Mental and Social Health | Substance Abuse and Addiction

Abstract

The perceived positive and negative outcomes of alcohol use were studied in a sample of normal 8th and 10th grade students. Participants' responses provided associative frequency norms valuable for future research. Regression analyses showed (1) none of the individual-difference variables (alcohol use, exposure to vicarious sources of alcohol information, such as televised advertising, and demographics) predicted self-generated responses, and (2) alcohol use and first-hand observation of others' drinking did predict the valence respondents assigned to the outcomes. Results support and extend the findings of Stacy, Galaif, Sussman, and Dent [Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 10(1) 1996 18], wherein self-generated drug use outcomes appeared to be available in memory regardless of previous drug use or other individual differences.

Rights Information

© 2004 Elsevier Ltd

DOI

10.1016/S0306-4603(03)00088-1

Recommended Citation

Zogg, Jennifer B., Huiyan Ma, Clyde W. Dent, and Alan W. Stacy. "Self-Generated Alcohol Outcomes in 8th and 10th Graders: Exposure to Vicarious Sources of Alcohol Information." Addictive Behaviors 29.1 (2004): 3-16. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4603(03)00088-1