Citation

Slater MD. J. Drug Educ. 2001; 31(3): 263-269.

Affiliation

Department of Journalism and Technical Communication, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1785, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Baywood Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11696963

Abstract

This study examines the utility of a new measure of personal value of alcohol use in predicting intentions to reduce post-college alcohol use. This measure is intended to distinguish college students who drink due to situational norms versus intrinsic commitment to alcohol use. As expected, alcohol consumption quantity/frequency and frequency of consuming five or more drinks per occasion were unrelated to intention to reduce alcohol use after college. When these alcohol consumption measures were controlled using partial correlation, the personal value of alcohol measure was significantly and negatively related to intention to reduce alcohol use. Conversely, when personal value of alcohol use was controlled in partial correlations, the relationship between alcohol consumption variables and intention to reduce alcohol use after college became positive, though only at marginally significant levels. Implications are discussed.

Language: en