Daily-level associations between alcohol use cognitions and normative perceptions among adolescents: An intensive longitudinal study
Adolescence is an important developmental period in which to understand the cognitive underpinnings of risky alcohol use. Normative perceptions, such as descriptive and injunctive norms, are one of the strongest and most consistent predictors in adolescent drinking research. Thus, it is essential to...
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| Published in: | Addictive behaviors Vol. 143; p. 107697 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier Ltd
01-08-2023
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| Summary: | Adolescence is an important developmental period in which to understand the cognitive underpinnings of risky alcohol use. Normative perceptions, such as descriptive and injunctive norms, are one of the strongest and most consistent predictors in adolescent drinking research. Thus, it is essential to examine which drinking cognitions (e.g., attitudes, prototypes, perceived vulnerability) are associated with normative drinking perceptions using repeated daily-level data among adolescents. The present study assessed associations between drinking cognitions and normative perceptions using an intensive daily longitudinal design.
Participants were ages 15–17 years (N = 306; 61.4% female; Mage (SD) = 16.0 (0.8)) who were part of a larger ecological momentary assessment study (EMA) on drinking cognitions and alcohol use. The study design consisted of a 3-week EMA burst design (8 surveys per week, up to 2x/day) that was repeated quarterly over the 12-month study. The present analyses used the afternoon assessment for all measures.
Our multilevel model results demonstrated that drinking attitudes, prototypes of a typical drinker, and perceived vulnerability were positively associated with both descriptive and injunctive drinking norms between individuals and within individuals across days.
Current findings have important clinical implications as they demonstrated how specific drinking cognitions were associated with variability in normative perceptions at the daily level. Findings support the delivery of intervention messaging to adolescents on days when drinking attitudes, prototypes of a typical drinker, and perceived vulnerability are elevated. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Zhengyang Zhou: Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing Dwalyn Bryant: Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing Katja Waldron: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Roles/Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing Melissa Lewis: Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing Anne Fairlie: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing Author Statement Dana Litt: Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing |
| ISSN: | 0306-4603 1873-6327 1873-6327 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107697 |