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Published on: April 28, 2022
Perceived awareness and caring influences alcohol use by high school and college students
Reagan R Wetherill1, Kim Fromme
1Department of Psychology, The University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. rrw@mail.utexas.edu
Abstract:
Perceived awareness and caring, or beliefs about how much parents and peers know and care about students' behavior, was assessed in relation to students' drinking patterns. Prior to and at the end of the first semester at college, participants completed Web-based surveys assessing alcohol use, family and social motives, and perceived awareness and caring from parents and peers. Family motives moderated the effect of perceived parental awareness and caring on the quantity of high school alcohol use, whereas social motives moderated the effect of perceived peer awareness and caring on frequency and quantity of college drinking. Longitudinally, college alcohol use was predicted by perceived awareness and caring from parents. Perceived awareness and caring may affect alcohol use whereby parents exert influence during high school but peers are more influential in college.
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