A Social Reaction Model of Adolescent Health Risk

Gibbons, Frederick X.; Gerrard, Meg; Lane, David

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“…Previous research results also draw attention to significant differences between high-active and low-active youth in relation to values orientation, life goals, and psychosocial health (Piko & Keresztes, 2006). Because prototypes usually describe images within a social context, we anticipated a significant relation with these social attitudes (Gerrard et al, 2002b;Gibbons et al, 2003;Ouellette et al, 2005).…”

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“…The role of prototypes in youth's health-related decision making is highlighted in the Prototype/Willingness model developed by Gibbons and Gerrard and their colleagues Gibbons, Gerrard, & Lane, 2003). The model suggests that favorable prototypes of people who take part in certain health-risk behaviors are linked with the willingness to engage in those unhealthy behaviors when the opportunity arises.…”

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“…Interventions that aim to reduce risky drinking in adolescents are often based on theories that assume this behaviour can be changed by targeting attitudes and intentions. However, adolescence is characterised by high levels of impulsivity (Arnett, 2007;Powell, 2006) and drinking tends to occur in social situations where peer influences are strong (Gibbons, Gerrard, & Lane, 2003;Kelly et al, 2012).…”

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Age differences in alcohol prototype perceptions and willingness to drink in UK adolescents

Davies

Martin

Foxcroft

2015

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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Using the Prototype Willingness Model (PWM) as a framework, this study sought to explore the relationship between prototype perceptions, willingness and alcohol consumption in a sample of adolescents in the United Kingdom. Adolescents aged 11-17 were asked about their alcohol prototype perceptions, willingness to drink, intentions, alcohol consumption, drunkenness and harms using a cross sectional online survey. Participants were recruited through opportunity sampling via schools and parents. The survey was completed by 178 respondents (51% female; 91 aged 11-15, 87 aged 16-17). Multivariate analysis revealed significant differences between participants aged 11-15 and 16-17 on PWM measures, even when experience with drinking was accounted for (p<.001). There were significant interactions (p<.001) between age and prototype perceptions; younger participants rated non-drinker prototypes as more favourable and more similar to the self than 16-17 year-old participants. Willingness and intentions interacted with age; both measures were similar in 16-17 year-olds, whereas younger participants scored significantly higher on willingness than intentions (p<.001). Three distinct scales of prototype descriptions were identified in principal components analysis.Characteristics related to sociability significantly predicted willingness to drink alcohol in the sample (p<.001). This study extends previous research by demonstrating that the PWM can provide a theoretical explanation of adolescent drinking in the UK. The results suggest that 11-15 year-olds may the most suitable age for an intervention that targets alcohol prototypes, with a focus on sociability characteristics.

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“…One affect-based mechanism is found in the Prototype/ Willingness Model (Gibbons & Gerrard, 1995;Gibbons, Gerrard, & Lane, 2003;Gibbons, Gerrard, Blanton, & Russell, 1998). The Prototype/Willingness Model emphasizes an affectdriven, reactive pathway to substance-use initiation as compared to the more planned and reasoned pathway proposed by the Theory of Reasoned Action (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1991).…”

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Childhood predictors of adolescent marijuana use: Early sensation-seeking, deviant peer affiliation, and social images

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Andrews

Barckley

2008

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This study examined psychosocial mechanisms by which children's early sensation seeking may influence their later marijuana use. In a longitudinal study, 4 th and 5 th grade elementary school children (N = 420) were followed until they were in 11 th and 12 th grades in high school with annual or biennial assessments. Sensation seeking (assessed over the first 4 assessments) predicted affiliating with deviant peers and level of favorable social images of kids who use marijuana (both assessed over the subsequent 3 assessments). Affiliation with deviant peers and the growth in social images predicted marijuana use in 11 th and 12 th grades. Affiliation with deviant peers mediated the effect of early sensation seeking on subsequent marijuana use. The theoretical and applied significance of this influence of early sensation seeking is discussed.

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A Social Reaction Model of Adolescent Health Risk

Cited by 277 publications

References 81 publications

Do High- and Low-Active Adolescents Have Different Prototypes of Physically Active Peers?

Do High- and Low-Active Adolescents Have Different Prototypes of Physically Active Peers?

Age differences in alcohol prototype perceptions and willingness to drink in UK adolescents

Childhood predictors of adolescent marijuana use: Early sensation-seeking, deviant peer affiliation, and social images

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