“…Along this line, it is hypothesized that individuals with positive attitudes and expectations towards alcohol consumption present a greater risk in the initiation and maintenance of consumption behavior (Araújo & Gomes, 1998;. Many of the beliefs young people have about the consequences of consuming substances such as alcohol are erroneous (Carbonero, Martín-Antón, & Feijó, 2010), which is associated with minimization of the risks derived (Suárez, Del Moral, Martínez, John, & Musitu, 2016). A recent study on the subject (Stamates, Lau-Barraco, & Linden-Carmichael, 2016), which analyzes the relationship between early intoxication and consumption-related effects, shows that they are mediated by expectancies.…”