NCJ Number
213150
Journal
Drug and Alcohol Review Volume: 24 Issue: 6 Dated: November 2005 Pages: 489-498
Date Published
November 2005
Length
10 pages
Annotation
This two-part study sought to examine the prospective and concurrent relationships between alcohol-related associative strength and drinking behaviors.
Abstract
Cross-lagged results supported the utility of alcohol-related associative strength to predict drinking behaviors prospectively. In addition, mediational models provided preliminary evidence that inherent memory processes might have differential effects on quantity and frequency dimensions of drinking behaviors. These findings suggest that increasing awareness of inherent alcohol-related associations may have value in interventions for young adults. This two-part study assessed the effects of memory associations on alcohol use measured at two time points, 6 months apart. The study also investigated potential mediating mechanisms in the relation of alcohol-related associative strength to specific dimensions of alcohol use. The study used a cue-association model. Study 1 consisted of 325 Australian undergraduate university students, and study 2 consisted of 214 first-year undergraduates from the same Australian university. Tables, references