Explores first-, fourth-, and seventh-grade children's expectation of responses from parents and peers for accepting or refusing a drink. Children in all three grades expected negative reactions from parents. More fourth- and seventh-, than first-graders, expected positive peer reactions to drinking and anticipated strongly negative peer reactions…

Compared heavy and light-moderate drinking female college students along personality dimensions. Although no differences were found in social desirabiliy or locus of control, heavy drinkers possessed greater fear of failure and greater sensation seeking than did light-moderate drinkers. Results have implications for causes of problem drinking…

Compared beliefs of problem and non-problem drinking Irish-American college students with regard to alcohol consumption, its causes, and its consequences. Results indicated that problem drinkers adhered more strongly than non-problem drinkers to beliefs that could either initiate or perpetuate problem drinking. (Author)

Investigated beliefs of male college students (N=55) regarding drinking behavior, alcohol, and alcoholism. Results indicated differential agreement with various belief statements. Subjects' responses appeared to fall into two distinct belief patterns: hedonistic and helpless beliefs. These patterns have significance in the development and…

Alcohol-related beliefs of children in grades 1, 4, and 7 (at a Catholic school in Brooklyn, NY) were examined to identify age-related differences in the content and the salience of positive versus negative conditions. Results indicate general developmental trends for both positive and negative effects, with older children scoring significantly…

Compared relative efficacy of three drinking indices (quantity, frequency, quantity x frequency) in predicting presence of drinking problems in college students (n=55 males; 64 females). Although drinking frequency was as good a predictor as quantity x frequency for predicting such problems in males, it was best predictor of female drinking…

This study compared how alcohol effect expectancies and reaction expectancies related to one another and to male and female college students' drinking behavior. Analyses indicated that different types and patterns of expectancies were gender specific. Discusses results in terms of the nature of gender/expectancy/drinking relationships. (RJM)

Examined relationship between alcohol expectancies and drinking behavior among Irish- (n=15), Italian- (n=15), and Hispanic- (n=15) American female college students. Found that, although relationship existed between drinking outcome expectancies and ethnic drinking behavior, its degree and precise nature varied by group. Different expectancy…