{"title":"Associations of Alcohol Outcome Expectancies with Alcohol Use in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Meta-Analysis","authors":"Martin Pinquart, Katharina Borgolte","doi":"10.1007/s11469-024-01383-0","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The meta-analysis integrated research on associations of contents of alcohol outcome expectancies (AOE) with alcohol use in adolescents and emerging adults. A systematic search in the electronic databases PsycInfo, Medline, Psyndex, and Web of Science identified 558 studies with 494,116 individuals (mean age 17.92, SD = 3.04) that were included in multi-level meta-analysis. AOE about pleasure and social enhancement showed the strongest concurrent associations with alcohol use (<i>r</i> = .33 and <i>r</i> = .29, respectively). Among negative AOE, only expectancies about negative alcohol effects on self-perception were related to lower consumption. Longitudinal analyses indicated reciprocal determinism of AOE and alcohol use. Associations of AOE and drinking were moderated by age, gender, and heavy/binge drinking status. We conclude that social and pleasure-related expectancies are especially relevant targets of prevention and intervention and that expectancies of adolescents and of heavy/binge drinkers should be, in particular, addressed in expectancy-challenging interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":3,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Electronic Materials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ACS Applied Electronic Materials","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01383-0","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The meta-analysis integrated research on associations of contents of alcohol outcome expectancies (AOE) with alcohol use in adolescents and emerging adults. A systematic search in the electronic databases PsycInfo, Medline, Psyndex, and Web of Science identified 558 studies with 494,116 individuals (mean age 17.92, SD = 3.04) that were included in multi-level meta-analysis. AOE about pleasure and social enhancement showed the strongest concurrent associations with alcohol use (r = .33 and r = .29, respectively). Among negative AOE, only expectancies about negative alcohol effects on self-perception were related to lower consumption. Longitudinal analyses indicated reciprocal determinism of AOE and alcohol use. Associations of AOE and drinking were moderated by age, gender, and heavy/binge drinking status. We conclude that social and pleasure-related expectancies are especially relevant targets of prevention and intervention and that expectancies of adolescents and of heavy/binge drinkers should be, in particular, addressed in expectancy-challenging interventions.