Expectancies for drinking and excessive drinking among Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Whites

Article Abstract:

The expectancies of Mexican Americans for drinking and excessive drinking are different from non-Hispanic Whites. A telephone survey of the two groups in San Antonio, Texas, and San Jose, California, shows that Mexican Americans have a greater number of expectations. Mexican Americans with high acculturation have expectations similar to those of the Whites. Heavy drinkers expect more beneficial effects of drinking as compared to abstainers and light drinkers. Group-specific differences in expectancies should be incorporated into alcohol abuse prevention programs.

Mexican Americans, Whites, Alcohol use

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Alcohol expectancies: Effects of gender, age, and family history of alcoholism

Article Abstract:

Family history of alcoholism exerts less influence on the alcohol-related expectancies than gender and age, and these expectancies differ as a function of gender, age and family history. Females with below 20 years age and a positive family history experience strong expectancies of social and global pleasure, while those over 20 report lower expectancies irrespective of the family history. Both males and females below the age of 20 years experience heightened global, positive effects, sexual enhancement, increased power and aggression, and social assertion.

Health aspects, Family, Sex differences, Family health, Age, Age (Biology)

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The effects of alcohol and alcohol expectancies on subjective reports and physiological reactivity: A meta-analysis

Article Abstract:

The alcohol balanced placebo design (BPD) has been used to understand factors contributing to the etiology and maintenance of alcohol consumption. The separate influence of contextual cues and cognitive influences on outcomes are examined. Lab setting was found to be a moderator for both pharmacological and expectancy effects, with the dominant effects noted in natural environment labs, and the bar lab producing the smallest effects.

Compulsive behavior

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