Citation

Armenta BE, Whitbeck LB, Gentzler KC. Psychol. Addict. Behav. 2016; 30(2): 194-202.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, Doane College.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/adb0000104

PMID

26999351

PMCID

PMC4804355

Abstract

Drawing on the Prototype/Willingness Model of Adolescent Risk Behavior, we used longitudinal data collected from North American Indigenous early adolescents (ages 10-12 years) to examine the interactive effects of favorable drinker prototypes, perceived drinking norms, and past-year drinking behavior on subsequent drinking behavior (i.e., drinking behavior 1 year later and growth in drinking behavior from 1-5 years later). We found that the positive association between favorable drinker prototypes and drinking 1 year later was strongest for adolescents who were high in past-year drinking and perceived low drinking norms. The interaction pattern for growth in drinking was more complex and suggested an important pattern; specifically, favorable drinker prototypes were positively associated with drinking 5 years later, but only for adolescents who reported no past-year drinking and perceived low drinking norms. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record

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