Citation

Urban R, Kökönyei G, Demetrovics Z. Addict. Behav. 2008; 33(10): 1344-1352.

Affiliation

Eotvos Lorand University, Department of Personality and Health Psychology, Budapest, H-1064, Izabella u. 46, Hungary.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.06.006

PMID

18619739

Abstract

Sensation seeking is a strong correlate of alcohol consumption among young people, yet the research on mediators of this association is mainly limited to English-speaking adolescents. The proposed model of the present study includes antecedent variables (sensation seeking, age and gender), mediators (positive and negative expectancies and drinking motives), and one outcome variable (a composite score of alcohol use). Self-reported data obtained from Hungarian high school students (N=707, mean age 16.6, SD= 1.5) were analyzed with structural equation modeling. The general model fit was excellent, and this study supported the proposed sensation seeking -->positive and negative expectancies -->drinking motives -->alcohol use indirect effects. The total indirect effect explains 38% of sensation seeking andalcohol use association. Results supportthe notion that positive expectancy mediates between sensation seeking and drinking motives, and finally, positive expectancy and drinking motives are mediators betweensensation seeking and alcohol use.

Language: en