The Association between Scholastic Measures, Alcohol Outcome Expectancies and Alcohol Use: A Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Ireland

Autor/inn/en	McKay, Michael T.; Harvey, Séamus A.
Titel	The Association between Scholastic Measures, Alcohol Outcome Expectancies and Alcohol Use: A Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Ireland
Quelle	In: Child Care in Practice, 21 (2015) 4, S.357-373 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-5279
DOI	10.1080/13575279.2015.1027661
Schlagwörter	Drinking; Adolescents; Correlation; Student Motivation; Self Efficacy; Expectation; High School Students; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Social Influences; Student Characteristics; Scores; Statistical Analysis; Age Differences; Gender Differences; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland); Academic Motivation Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trinken; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Korrelation; Schulische Motivation; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Expectancy; Erwartung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ausland; Fragebogen; Sozialer Einfluss; Statistische Analyse; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Alcohol use among adolescents is associated with both short-term (truancy, illness, trouble with police) and long-term (dependence, unemployment) negative consequences. Moreover, because of its developmental nature, adolescent drinking behaviour is difficult to accurately assess. Individual-level scholastic variables and alcohol outcome expectancies have been found to be associated with drinking behaviours. This study used a cross-sectional design to investigate: the relationship between alcohol use and individual-level scholastic variables, namely academic motivation and academic self-efficacy; and the relationship between alcohol use and alcohol outcome expectancies, while controlling for a wide range of other variables. Participants were post-primary (high) school pupils in the greater Belfast area of Northern Ireland. They completed a range of questionnaires including measures assessing academic self-efficacy, academic motivation, alcohol outcome expectancies, and a composite measure of alcohol use. Results showed that, controlling for the hierarchical nature of the data, socio-demographic variables and other possible confounders, lower reported scores on the individual-level scholastic measures, higher reported scores on positive alcohol outcome expectancies, and lower reported scores on negative alcohol outcome expectancies remained significantly associated with more problematic drinking. Results are discussed in the context of contemporaneous school-related research. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01