Alcohol expectancies, drinking motives, and drinking behavior among undergraduate of college students in Manila

ABSTRACT: This research paper aims to know if there is an existing relationship between alcohol outcome expectancies, drinking behavior. The study was conducted online with the undergraduate college students studying within Manila as the respondents. The researcher utilized the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, Alcohol OutcomeExpectancies Scale and Drinking Motives Questionnaire – Revised. The researcher used descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and statistical regression to treat the data gathered. The researcher found out that among the four domains of drinking motives: social, coping, and enhancement were significantly moderately positive correlated with positive alcohol outcome expectancy, except social pressure and conformity drinking motives. Negative alcohol outcome expectancy was significantly positvely correlated with all of the drinking motives. Drinking behavior was significantly positively correlates with social, coping, and enhancement motives except social pressure and conformity. Positive alcohol outcome expectancy was not significantly correlated with drinking behavior. Hoever, negative alcohol outcome expectancy very low positively correlated with drinking behavior. Positive alcohol outcome expectancies, and drinking behavior, when mediated by social, coping, and enhancement drinking motives were significantly positive correlated. Except for social pressure and conformity. On the other hand, negative alcohol outcome expectancies and drinking behavior when mediated by any drinking motives, they were all significantly positive correlated. The study was conducted from August to September of 2018.

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