Predictive Models of Alcohol Use Based on Attitudes and Individual Values

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Title: Predictive Models of Alcohol Use Based on Attitudes and Individual Values
Authors: García del Castillo Rodríguez, José Antonio | López-Sánchez, Carmen | Quiles-Soler, Mari Carmen | García del Castillo López, Álvaro | Gázquez Pertusa, Mónica | Marzo, Juan C. | Inglés, Cándido J.
Research Group/s: Comunicación y Públicos Específicos | Relaciones Públicas y Comunicación Empresarial
Center, Department or Service: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Comunicación y Psicología Social
Keywords: Predictive models | Alcohol use | Attitudes | Individual values
Knowledge Area: Psicología Social | Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad
Issue Date: 2013
Publisher: Baywood Publishing
Citation: Journal of Drug Education. 2013, 43(1): 19-31. doi:10.2190/DE.43.1.b
Abstract: Two predictive models are developed in this article: the first is designed to predict people's attitudes to alcoholic drinks, while the second sets out to predict the use of alcohol in relation to selected individual values. University students (N = 1,500) were recruited through stratified sampling based on sex and academic discipline. The questionnaire used obtained information on participants' alcohol use, attitudes and personal values. The results show that the attitudes model correctly classifies 76.3% of cases. Likewise, the model for level of alcohol use correctly classifies 82% of cases. According to our results, we can conclude that there are a series of individual values that influence drinking and attitudes to alcohol use, which therefore provides us with a potentially powerful instrument for developing preventive intervention programs.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/42621
ISSN: 0047-2379 (Print) | 1541-4159 (Online)
DOI: 10.2190/DE.43.1.b
Language: eng
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Rights: © 2013, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.
Peer Review: si
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/DE.43.1.b
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INV - RPRSS - Artículos de Revistas
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