The relationship of negative affect, coping, and alcohol expectancies to binge drinking in university students
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2012
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The current two part study aimed to test the mood management theory (MMT) and develop a psychological profile to predict binge drinking in university students. Given the MMT, negative affect was hypothesized to be particularly relevant when considering predictors of binge drinking. However, it was also hypothesized that the relationship between negative affect and binge drinking would be influenced by additional variables and that when considered together the proposed profile (i.e., one based on negative affect, avoidant coping, and positive alcohol expectancies) would further increase the ability to predict binge drinking status. Study one developed this psychological profile and study two tested, using cross-validation, the validity of this profile in predicting future drinking. Study one found that ethnicity, low negative affect, and a two-way interaction between avoidant coping and positive alcohol expectancies predicted binge drinking status (i.e., non-binge drinker versus binge drinker) and number of binge drinking episodes. Examination of the two-way interaction revealed that those with high positive alcohol expectancies and high avoidant coping were the most likely to binge drink. The overall cross-validation accuracy in study two was 59.6%, which was approximately 10% lower than the classification rate in study one. The findings provided partial support for the current hypotheses; however, since low levels of negative affect predicted binge drinking, the mood management theory does not offer a sound explanation of binge drinking in the current sample.
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Bibliography: p. 60-79
Includes copy of ethics approval. Original copy with original Partial Copyright Licence.
Includes copy of ethics approval. Original copy with original Partial Copyright Licence.
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McLachlan, J. (2012). The relationship of negative affect, coping, and alcohol expectancies to binge drinking in university students (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4906