An examination of different etiological pathways to alcohol use and misuse in adolescence
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An examination of different etiological pathways to alcohol use and misuse in adolescenceAuthor (s)
Tutor/Supervisor
Ibáñez Ribes, Manuel IgnacioTutor/Supervisor; University.Department
Universitat Jaume I. Departament de Psicologia Bàsica, Clínica i PsicobiologiaDate
2016-07-21Publisher
Universitat Jaume IAbstract
Alcohol abuse, especially among adolescents, causes important health, economic and
social problems. Different theoretical pathways have been suggested for the etiology of alcohol use
and abuse. The aim of our study ... [+]
Alcohol abuse, especially among adolescents, causes important health, economic and
social problems. Different theoretical pathways have been suggested for the etiology of alcohol use
and abuse. The aim of our study was to describe some of these different etiological pathways in
adolescents. We explored the importance and specific role of personality, cognitive variables
(motives and drinking refusal self-efficacy under social pressure) and environmental variables (antinormative
behavior of friends) in each etiological pathway. Method: We assessed in a sample of
201 high school students (47.3% females; mean age 15,41 years; SD = 1,124) the influence of
these variables. Results: structural equation modelling showed the co-occurrence of 4 main
etiological pathways: coping motives fully mediated the association between neuroticism and
alcohol-related problems (negative affect regulation pathway), extraversion was linked to alcohol
use at the weekend and alcohol-related problems through social drinking motives (positive affect
regulation pathway), extraversion and low agreeableness was related to drinking at the weekend,
alcohol-related problems and motives through anti-normative behavior of friends (deviance
proneness pathway); finally, low extraversion, low neuroticism and conscientiousness was
negatively associated with alcohol use and abuse through a greater drinking refusal self-efficacy in
front of social pressure (force of will pathway). Conclusions: We observed the relevance of distal
(personality domains) and more proximal variables (anti-normative behavior of friends, drinking
refusal self-efficacy-social pressure and motives) in adolescent alcohol use and abuse, illustrating
the complex interplay of these factors. [-]
Subject
Màster Universitari en Investigació en Cervell i Conducta | Máster universitario en Investigación en Cerebro y Conducta | Master's Degree in Research on the Brain and Behaviour | Consumo de alcohol en adolescentes | Etiología | Alcoholismo | Conducta antisocial | Motivación | Drinking of alcoholic beverages | Causes and theories of causation | Alcoholism | Deviant behavior | Motivation (Psychology)
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Treball Final de Màster Universitari en Investigació en Cervell i Conducta. Codi: SBM024. Curs: 2015/2016
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