Positive alcohol expectancies partially mediate the relation between delinquent behavior and alcohol use: Generalizability across age, sex, and race in a cohort of 85,000 Iowa schoolchildren

Madeline H. Meier; Wendy S. Slutske; Stephan Arndt; Remi J. Cadoret

doi:10.1037/0893-164X.21.1.25

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Positive alcohol expectancies partially mediate the relation between delinquent behavior and alcohol use: Generalizability across age, sex, and race in a cohort of 85,000 Iowa schoolchildren

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Positive alcohol expectancies partially mediate the relation between delinquent behavior and alcohol use: Generalizability across age, sex, and race in a cohort of 85,000 Iowa schoolchildren

Madeline H. Meier, Wendy S. Slutske, Stephan Arndt and Remi J. Cadoret

Psychology of addictive behaviors, Vol.21(1), pp.25-34

03/01/2007

DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.21.1.25

PMID: 17385952

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Abstract

The extent to which positive alcohol expectancies mediated the association between delinquency and alcohol use, as well as whether age, sex, or race moderated this mediational relation, was examined in a population-based sample of Iowa schoolchildren (N = 85,301) from the 6th, 8th, and 11th grades. Positive alcohol expectancies were found to partially mediate the association between delinquency and alcohol use (alcohol use initiation, past-month drinking, and past-month binge drinking) across the full sample and in each age, sex, and racial subgroup. Evidence for moderated mediation was found for age and race but not for sex, which suggests that the magnitude of the relations among delinquency, positive alcohol expectancies, and alcohol involvement is different in younger versus older children and White, African American, Native American, Asian, and Hispanic youths but is similar in boys versus girls.

Adolescents

Age, sex, and race differences

Alcohol expectancies

Alcohol use

Delinquency

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Title: Subtitle: Positive alcohol expectancies partially mediate the relation between delinquent behavior and alcohol use: Generalizability across age, sex, and race in a cohort of 85,000 Iowa schoolchildren
Creators: Madeline H. Meier - University of Missouri
Wendy S. Slutske - University of Missouri
Stephan Arndt - University of Iowa
Remi J. Cadoret - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Psychology of addictive behaviors, Vol.21(1), pp.25-34
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.21.1.25
PMID: 17385952
NLM abbreviation: Psychol Addict Behav
ISSN: 0893-164X
eISSN: 1939-1501
Number of pages: 10
Grant note: T32AA013526 / National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (http://data.elsevier.com/vocabulary/SciValFunders/100000027)
Language: English
Date published: 03/01/2007
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Biostatistics; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9985132076802771

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