Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Addict Behav. 2010 Jun;35(6):651-4. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.02.007. Epub 2010 Feb 11.
Attitudes toward alternative behaviors, such as drinking soda instead of alcohol, might contribute to the prediction of young people's drinking behavior. The current study explored the associations between late adolescents' and young adults' attitudes toward alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and their alcohol consumption, and whether these associations were moderated by participants' sex, age and education level. Cross-sectional data were collected among 1012 15 to 25-year-olds. Participants completed an online questionnaire on attitudes toward alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, binge drinking and monthly alcohol consumption. Data were analyzed by employing structural equation modeling in Mplus. After controlling for the shared variance in both attitudes, attitudes toward alcoholic drinks were positively related and attitudes toward non-alcoholic drinks were negatively related to participants' monthly alcohol use and binge drinking. Relations between attitudes towards alcoholic drinks and monthly alcohol consumption were stronger for boys than for girls and stronger for participants with intermediate education background. Relations between both attitudes and binge drinking were strongest for high educated participants. According to our data, non-alcohol attitudes provide a unique contribution to the prediction of alcohol use.
对替代行为（如饮用苏打水而不是酒精饮料）的态度可能有助于预测年轻人的饮酒行为。本研究探讨了青少年晚期和年轻成年人对酒精饮料和非酒精饮料的态度与其饮酒行为之间的关系，以及这些关系是否受到参与者性别、年龄和教育水平的调节。横断面数据来自 1012 名 15 至 25 岁的参与者。参与者在线完成了关于对酒精和非酒精饮料、狂饮和每月饮酒量的态度的问卷。使用 Mplus 中的结构方程模型对数据进行了分析。在控制了两种态度的共同方差后，对酒精饮料的态度与参与者的每月饮酒量和狂饮呈正相关，对非酒精饮料的态度与参与者的每月饮酒量和狂饮呈负相关。对酒精饮料的态度与每月饮酒量之间的关系在男孩中比女孩中更强，在具有中等教育背景的参与者中更强。对酒精和非酒精饮料的态度与狂饮之间的关系在高学历参与者中最强。根据我们的数据，对非酒精的态度对酒精使用的预测提供了独特的贡献。
