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Perceived Norms, Outcome Expectancies, and Collegiate Drinking: Examining the Mediating Role of Drinking Motives
Author(s) -
Wahesh Edward,
Lewis Todd F.,
Wyrick David L.,
Ackerman Terry A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of addictions and offender counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2161-1874
pISSN - 1055-3835
DOI - 10.1002/jaoc.12005
Subject(s) - psychology , heavy drinking , social norms approach , psychosocial , social psychology , outcome (game theory) , structural equation modeling , clinical psychology , human factors and ergonomics , developmental psychology , poison control , environmental health , perception , psychiatry , medicine , neuroscience , statistics , mathematical economics , mathematics
The authors examined the mediational role of drinking motives in explaining the associations among psychosocial antecedents and collegiate drinking. Results indicated that drinking motives partially mediated the relationships between outcome expectancies, perceived norms, alcohol use intensity, and alcohol‐related negative consequences.