Sa. Mckee et al., ALCOHOL OUTCOME EXPECTANCIES AND COPING STYLES AS PREDICTORS OF ALCOHOL-USE IN YOUNG-ADULTS, Addictive behaviors, 23(1), 1998, pp. 17-22
This study was designed to examine the pattern and strength of relatio
nships among coping styles and alcohol outcome expectancies with regar
d to drinking behavior in young adult social drinkers. Quantity and fr
equency of weekly consumption were used as criterion measures, and alc
ohol outcome expectancies/valences (CEOA: Fromme, Stroot, & Kaplan, 19
93) and coping styles (COPE: Carver, Scheier, & Weintraub, 1989) were
used as predictor variables. For males, the expectancy of risk and agg
ression, and the valence of cognitive and behavioral impairment, were
predictive of drinking behavior. For females, sociability valence and
the expectancy of negative self-evaluation positively predicted the al
cohol-use measures. With regards to coping styles, alcohol and drug di
sengagement and suppression of competing activities uniquely predicted
alcohol use in males, whereas alcohol and drug disengagement, turning
to religion, and behavioral disengagement were predictive of female a
lcohol use. In general, coping styles were more predictive of the alco
hol-use measures than were alcohol-outcome expectancies. Practical imp
lications of these results are highlighted. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science
Ltd.