title: Do psychological variables mediate sex differences in young adults' alcohol use?
creator: Zimmermann, Friederike
creator: Sieverding, Monika
subject: ddc-150
subject: 150 Psychology
description: This study applied an extended theory of planned behavior  to test whether psychological variables mediate sex differences in alcohol consumption in social contexts.  Questionnaires of 300 young adults (urban, mean age 25 years, 49% female) were collected in 2007 prior to a sociable drinking occasion; consumption data were obtained through telephone interviews thereafter. The multiple-path mediation model was analyzed using structural equation modeling. Sex differences in alcohol consumption, which were considerable, were partly mediated by the significant specific indirect effects of subjective norms through intention and of self-efficacy through both intention and willingness. Body weight was not a significant mediator. Limitations are noted and implications for future research are discussed.
publisher: Informa Healthcare
date: 2011
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/19811/1/Sieverding_Do_psychological_variables_mediate_sex_differences_in_young_adults_alcohol_use.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00019811
identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2010.497179
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-198114
identifier:   Zimmermann, Friederike ; Sieverding, Monika  (2011) Do psychological variables mediate sex differences in young adults' alcohol use?  Substance use & misuse : an international interdisciplinary forum, 46 (4).  pp. 552-559.  ISSN 1082-6084     
relation: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/19811/
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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language: eng