Iwamoto Derek Kenji, Corbin William, Lejuez Carl, MacPherson Laura
University of Maryland-College Park.
Arizona State University.
Psychol Men Masc. 2014 Jan;15(1):29-39. doi: 10.1037/a0031594.
College men are more likely to engage in health-compromising behaviors including risky drinking behavior, and experience more alcohol-related problems, including violence and arrest, as compared to women. The study of masculine norms or societal expectations, defined as beliefs and values about what it means to be a man, is one promising area of investigation that may help explain within-group differences and differential rates of alcohol use among men. Using the gender social learning model, we investigated the role of positive alcohol expectancies as an underlying mediator between masculine norms and alcohol use among college men. Data from 804 college adult men ( = 20.43) were collected through a web-based assessment. Participants completed a self-report measure of binge drinking, frequency of drinking, quantity of drinks, conformity to masculine norms, and positive alcohol expectancies measures. Structural equation modeling was used to examine relations between masculine norms, alcohol expectancies and alcohol use. The masculine norms of "Playboy" and Risk-Taking were positively related to heavy alcohol use, while Emotional Control and Heterosexual Presentation were both negatively associated with alcohol use, after controlling for fraternity Greek status and positive expectancies. Playboy and Winning norms were positively associated with positive expectancies while Power Over Women was inversely related to positive expectancies which, in turn, were associated with heavier alcohol use. This study was a novel exploration into the multiple pathways and mediators through which positive alcohol expectancies may help explain and provide specificity to the masculinity and alcohol use relationship among college men.
与女性相比，大学男生更有可能从事危害健康的行为，包括危险饮酒行为，并经历更多与酒精相关的问题，包括暴力和被捕。对男性规范或社会期望的研究，被定义为关于成为男性意味着什么的信念和价值观，是一个有前景的研究领域，可能有助于解释男性群体内部的差异以及男性饮酒率的差异。使用性别社会学习模型，我们研究了积极的酒精预期作为大学男生男性规范和饮酒之间潜在中介的作用。通过基于网络的评估收集了804名成年大学男生（平均年龄=20.43岁）的数据。参与者完成了一项关于暴饮、饮酒频率、饮酒量、对男性规范的遵从以及积极酒精预期的自我报告测量。结构方程模型用于检验男性规范、酒精预期和饮酒之间的关系。在控制了兄弟会希腊身份和积极预期后，“花花公子”和冒险的男性规范与大量饮酒呈正相关，而情绪控制和异性表现与饮酒均呈负相关。“花花公子”和获胜规范与积极预期呈正相关，而对女性的权力与积极预期呈负相关，而积极预期又与更多的饮酒相关。这项研究是对积极的酒精预期可能有助于解释并明确大学男生男子气概与饮酒关系的多种途径和中介因素的新颖探索。
