Title
Age and drinking-related differences in the memory organization of alcohol expectancies in 3rd-, 6th-, 9th-, and 12th-grade children
Abbreviated Journal Title
J. Consult. Clin. Psychol.
Keywords
NETWORK; Psychology, Clinical
Abstract
To advance the theoretical modeling of the development of alcohol expectancies as a parallel processing memory network, this study assessed expectancies and alcohol consumption of 2,324 children in Grades 3, 6, 9, and 12 from a large suburban-rural school district. Individual-differences scaling (INDSCAL), a variant of multidimensional scaling, mapped expectancies into a hypothetical memory network format, and preference mapping (PREFMAP) modeled hypothetical paths of association within this network. Throughout this age range, older and higher drinking youth appeared to associate positive and arousing effects with alcohol cues, in contrast to lower drinking children, who appeared to mainly associate undesirable effects. These drinking-related differences in the organization of expectancy information are discernible well before onset of regular drinking habits and may influence the development of drinking in adolescence.
Journal Title
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Volume
66
Issue/Number
3
Publication Date
1-1-1998
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
579
Last Page
585
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0022-006X
Recommended Citation
"Age and drinking-related differences in the memory organization of alcohol expectancies in 3rd-, 6th-, 9th-, and 12th-grade children" (1998). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 2228.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/2228
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