Join the Party: Approval-Contingent Self-Worth, Drinking Motives, and Drinking Alone and With Others.
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- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Hamilton HR; Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.; Armeli S; School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey.; Tennen H; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut.
- Source
- Publisher: Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101295847 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1938-4114 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19371888 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Stud Alcohol Drugs Subsets: MEDLINE
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- Language
- English
Objective: Research links approval-contingent self-worth to college drinking but has not differentiated social and solitary consumption. High approval-contingent self-worth individuals might drink socially to derive approval.
Method: In a sample of 832 undergraduates, approval-contingent self-worth and drinking motives were measured in an initial questionnaire, and social and solitary consumption were reported daily for 30 days.
Results: Results indicated an overall positive association between approval-contingent self-worth and social consumption and positive indirect effects via social and enhancement motivations, but a negative indirect effect via conformity motivation. The association between approval-contingent self-worth and solitary alcohol consumption was nonsignificant because of a negative direct effect counteracted by a positive total indirect effect.
Conclusions: Results highlight the importance of drinking motives and of distinguishing between social and solitary consumption.