TY - JOUR
T1 - Expectancy influences the operation of personality on behavior
AU - Fischer, Sarah
AU - Smith, Gregory T.
AU - Anderson, Kristen G.
AU - Flory, Kate
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - The authors investigated the moderating effect of expectancies on personality for 2 different addictive behavior processes: (a) drinking and (b) binge eating and purging characteristic of bulimia nervosa. Study I found that positive expectancies for social facilitation from drinking moderated the effect of extraversion on drinking behavior among undergraduate men and women. Study 2 found that the expectancy that eating will help manage negative affect moderated the effect of trait urgency on bulimic symptoms among undergraduate women. Thus, the relationships of the trait risk factors to these 2 addictive behaviors are stronger if one also holds certain expectancies for reinforcement from those behaviors.
AB - The authors investigated the moderating effect of expectancies on personality for 2 different addictive behavior processes: (a) drinking and (b) binge eating and purging characteristic of bulimia nervosa. Study I found that positive expectancies for social facilitation from drinking moderated the effect of extraversion on drinking behavior among undergraduate men and women. Study 2 found that the expectancy that eating will help manage negative affect moderated the effect of trait urgency on bulimic symptoms among undergraduate women. Thus, the relationships of the trait risk factors to these 2 addictive behaviors are stronger if one also holds certain expectancies for reinforcement from those behaviors.
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U2 - 10.1037/0893-164X.17.2.108
DO - 10.1037/0893-164X.17.2.108
M3 - Article
C2 - 12814274
AN - SCOPUS:0037869438
SN - 0893-164X
VL - 17
SP - 108
EP - 114
JO - Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
JF - Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
IS - 2
ER -
