CHILDRENS ALCOHOL-RELATED COGNITIONS - POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ALCOHOL EFFECTS

Authors
JOHNSON HL JOHNSON PB
Citation
Hl. Johnson et Pb. Johnson, CHILDRENS ALCOHOL-RELATED COGNITIONS - POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ALCOHOL EFFECTS, Journal of alcohol and drug education, 40(2), 1995, pp. 1-12
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse
Journal title
Journal of alcohol and drug education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00901482
Volume
40
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1 - 12
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-1482(1995)40:2<1:CAC-PV>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Alcohol-related beliefs of children in grades 1, 4, and 7 were examine d to identify any age-related differences in the content and the salie nce of positive versus negative cognitions. The results indicate gener al developmental trends for positive as well as negative alcohol effec ts, with the older children scoring significantly higher on both. desp ite the increase in positive expectancies with age, in all three grade s the effects that children spontaneously attributed to alcohol rather than other liquids were overwhelmingly negative.