Behavioral Intention as an Indicator of Drug and Alcohol Use

Wolford, Cynthia A.; Swisher, John D.

doi:10.2190/j2ab-gah8-pheg-0fqu

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“…Other risk factors included in this set have also been related to drug use in other studies. These included being home alone after school (e.g., Richardson et al, 1989), knowing adults who use drugs (e.g., Stein, Newcomb, & Bentler, 1987), low use of demanding activity as a coping strategy (Patterson & McCubbin, 1987), and expectation to use drugs (Wolford & Swisher, 1986). The diversity of the risk factors included in this set and the fact that each makes a unique contribution support a model that allows for multiple pathways to drug use.…”

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Risk factors for drug use in urban adolescents: Identification and cross‐validation

Farrell¹,

Danish²,

Howard³

1992

American J of Comm Psychol

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Examined the relationship between 26 dichotomous risk factors and drug use in derivation (N = 1,352) and cross-validation (N = 1,309) samples of seventh graders in the public school system of a large southeastern city. The majority of students was African American, many came from low-income, single parent families. A total of 20 risk factors representing a variety of variables was significantly related to at least one category of drug use in both samples. Regression analyses identified a subset of 11 risk factors with minimum overlap. The simple sum of these 11 risk factors was significantly associated with prevalence of use for cigarettes, beer and wine, hard liquor, marijuana, and other drugs. The total number of risk factors also showed a curvilinear relationship with the frequency of 30-day use for each category of drug. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

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Risk factors for drug use in urban adolescents: Identification and cross‐validation

Farrell¹,

Danish²,

Howard³

1992

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…In general, measures of intentions to engage in a behavior have been found to be strong indicators of the likelihood of that behavior's actual occurrence (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980; Fishbein, 1979; Glantz et al, 1990; Kelly, Zyzanski, & Alemango, 1991), at least when intentions and their behavioral referents are specific and well‐defined. However, the literature has emphasized the need for closer examination of “attitude‐behavior relationships,” particularly validation study of behavioral intentions (see Bentler & Speckart, 1979; Engel et al, 1995; Schlegel, D'Avernas, Zanna, et al, 1992; Wolford & Swisher, 1986), as is conducted in this study.…”

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A Prospective Validation Study of Inclination, Belief, and Context Predictors of Family‐Focused Prevention Involvement

Redmond²,

et al. 1997

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Prior research by the authors tested a model of factors influencing parent inclination to participate in parenting interventions. Family context, belief, attitude, and inclination to participate variables from this model were used to predict the actual participation of 1,121 families in assessment and intervention activities of a family-focused preventive intervention research project. Invitations to the project assessment and intervention components were, respectively, about 6 months and 10 months following the initiation of a telephone survey collecting predictor variable data. Logistic regression analyses examining each predictor individually showed that a number of family context, belief, attitude, and inclination variables were predictive of project participation. Subsequently, multiple logistic regressions were conducted, entering variables by blocks corresponding to theoretical model components. These analyses showed that prospectively stated inclination to participate in a parenting intervention and level of education were consistently significant predictors of both assessment participation and intervention enrollment. Implications for both research and practice are discussed.

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“…Although self-reported intentions predict some variability in future risk-taking behavior (Wolford & Swisher, 1986), evidence also suggests that self-reports are not sufficient to capture the multidimensional nature of risk taking (Aklin et al, 2005). Perhaps this is because adolescents may lack the insight or cognitive ability to provide an accurate report of their own intentions (Aklin et al, 2005).…”

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Ventral striatum activation to prosocial rewards predicts longitudinal declines in adolescent risk taking

Telzer

Fuligni

Lieberman

et al. 2013

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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Adolescence is a period of intensified emotions and an increase in motivated behaviors and passions. Evidence from developmental neuroscience suggests that this heightened emotionality occurs, in part, due to a peak in functional reactivity to rewarding stimuli, which renders adolescents more oriented towards reward-seeking behaviors. Most prior work has focused on how reward sensitivity may create vulnerabilities, leading to increases in risk taking. Here, we test whether heightened reward sensitivity may potentially be an asset for adolescents when engaged in prosocial activities. Thirty-two adolescents were followed over a one-year period to examine whether ventral striatum activation to prosocial rewards predicts decreases in risk taking over a year. Results show that heightened ventral striatum activation to prosocial stimuli relates to longitudinal declines in risk taking. Therefore, the very same neural region that has conferred vulnerability for adolescent risk taking may also be protective against risk taking.

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Behavioral Intention as an Indicator of Drug and Alcohol Use

Cited by 42 publications

References 11 publications

Risk factors for drug use in urban adolescents: Identification and cross‐validation

Risk factors for drug use in urban adolescents: Identification and cross‐validation

A Prospective Validation Study of Inclination, Belief, and Context Predictors of Family‐Focused Prevention Involvement

Ventral striatum activation to prosocial rewards predicts longitudinal declines in adolescent risk taking

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