Intentions to use alcohol among fifth and sixth graders: the roles of social and stress/coping motives

This study of children in grades five and six assessed the relationship between social and stress/coping motives and students' intentions to drink in junior high school. Whereas the two motives were not seen as separate by fifth graders, they were differentiated by sixth graders, for whom they...

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Published inAmerican journal of orthopsychiatry Vol. 69; no. 4; p. 541
Main Authors Webb, J A, Getz, J G, Baer, P E, McKelvey, R S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.1999
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Alcohol Drinking - prevention & control
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Attitude
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Stress, Psychological - psychology
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Summary:This study of children in grades five and six assessed the relationship between social and stress/coping motives and students' intentions to drink in junior high school. Whereas the two motives were not seen as separate by fifth graders, they were differentiated by sixth graders, for whom they were associated--social motives more strongly than stress/coping motives--with intentions to use alcohol. Implications for the design and timing of prevention programs are considered.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1037/h0080402