Abstract
Extant work suggests that trauma-exposed adolescents are at risk for problematic drinking. Although work conducted with adults suggests that trauma-exposed individuals drink to reduce negative affectivity, no work has yet examined alcohol use outcome expectancies (AOEs) among trauma-exposed adolescents. The current study examined positive AOEs as a function of trauma history among 63 community-recruited youths (Mage = 15.92; 46% girls). Findings indicated that trauma exposure predicted elevated tension-reduction AOEs. Furthermore, the indirect effect of tension-reduction expectancies accounted for a significant proportion of the relation between trauma exposure and alcohol use frequency. These preliminary data are discussed in terms of future research efforts.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 337-343 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords
- adolescent development
- alcohol use outcome expectancies
- trauma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Education
- General Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health