TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol and drug expectancies as anticipated changes in affect: negative reinforcement is not sedation
AU - Wiers, R.W.H.J.
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - Goldman and Darkes (2004) argued that all three basic alcohol-expectancy factors can be assessed with a brief questionnaire (AEMax), related to the circumplex model of emotion. I argue that negative reinforcement, one of the three basic expectancy factors, is not assessed with the AEMax. Importantly, negative reinforcement is positively related to problem drinking while sedation (the AEMax-factor that comes closest) is not. In a new dataset (from 119 students, collected in 2002), I demonstrate that sedation is related to negative expectancies and not to negative reinforcement. Different ways to assess all major expectancy factors are proposed.
AB - Goldman and Darkes (2004) argued that all three basic alcohol-expectancy factors can be assessed with a brief questionnaire (AEMax), related to the circumplex model of emotion. I argue that negative reinforcement, one of the three basic expectancy factors, is not assessed with the AEMax. Importantly, negative reinforcement is positively related to problem drinking while sedation (the AEMax-factor that comes closest) is not. In a new dataset (from 119 students, collected in 2002), I demonstrate that sedation is related to negative expectancies and not to negative reinforcement. Different ways to assess all major expectancy factors are proposed.
U2 - 10.1080/10826080701203021
DO - 10.1080/10826080701203021
M3 - Article
C2 - 18365942
SN - 1082-6084
VL - 43
SP - 429
EP - 444
JO - Substance Use & Misuse
JF - Substance Use & Misuse
IS - 3-4
ER -