Age and drinking-related differences in the memory organization of alcohol expectancies in 3rd-, 6th-, 9th-, and 12th-grade children

    Authors

    M. E. Dunn;M. S. Goldman

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    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

    WOS:000074213200018

    ISSN

    0022-006X

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