Alcohol Abuse 6

Question 1

Bivano & Jackson (2015) correlation between behavioural intentions and binge drinking

Answer 1

.38

Question 2

Bivano & Jackson (2015) correlation between perceived control and binge drinking

Answer 2

.34

Question 3

Bivano & Jackson (2015) correlation between past behaviour and binge drinking

Answer 3

.51

Question 4

Bivano & Jackson (2015) correlation between planning and binge drinking

Answer 4

non significant

Question 5

Implications Bivano & Jackson (2015)

Answer 5

in contrast to traditional alcohol abusers, binge drinkers have perceived control over and intend to have control over binge drinking in the future

Question 6

Implications Bivano & Jackson (2015) for intervention

Answer 6

changing attitudes towards binge drinking; to minimise the impact of others (subjective norms); to use perceived control to reduce alcohol consumption

Question 7

Bivano & Jackson (2015) intervention

Answer 7

used SMS messages and focused on TPB variables; experimental showed a decrease down to 60% compared to control (100%)

Question 8

Define planning

Answer 8

evaluated whether participants had plans/strategies to resist attempts by others to get them to binge drink

Question 9

Bivano & Jackson (2015) planning found

Answer 9

basically no participant/student had plans; mean average for all items was low hence no predictive validity

Question 10

No correlation between… meaning …

Answer 10

no correlation between plans and binge drinking that is, no solution for social pressure

Question 11

In other interventions

Answer 11

in other interventions planning is significantly correlated with successful behavioural change (planning associated with lower problem behaviour)

Question 12

Theoretical explanations of alcohol abuse

Answer 12

inherited (biological); personality (psychological); environmental (social/learned)

Question 13

Operant (reinforcement) conditioning

Answer 13

people consume alcohol either for positive reinforcement reasons (enhancement) and/or for negative reinforcement reasons (avoidance, stress reduction)

Question 14

Farber et al (1980)

Answer 14

studied 2496 social drinkers and developed a test associated with high social drinking; then studied 133 institutionalised alcoholics to determine the best predictor of becoming an alcoholic (positive enhancement and/or negative avoidant reasons)

Question 15

Farber et al (1980) Factor 1 Positive reinforcement

Answer 15

I drink because the people I know usually drink; I drink because I want to belong with people who usually drink; I drink to be sociable; I drink to celebrate social occasions; I accept a drink because it is the polite thing to do