Citation

Jackson CP, Matthews G. Alcohol Alcohol. 1988; 23(4): 305-314.

Affiliation

University of Aston, Birmingham, U.K.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3166630

Abstract

Two studies testing social learning theory predictions of habitual alcohol use in college students are reported. Study 1 (N = 96) investigated alcohol related expectancies and social desirability as predictors of habitual alcohol use. Higher habitual alcohol use was correlated with higher expected dominance, but this correlation was not modified by social desirability or subject sex. Study 2 (N = 88) tested effects of personality traits on habitual alcohol use. Habitual alcohol use was positively correlated with EPI extraversion. Examination of extraversion sub-factors suggests that impulsivity and sociability independently predict drinking. The data indicate the strengths and limitations of alcohol related expectancy as an explanatory construct.

Language: en