| The role of academic motivation in high school students' current and lifetime alcohol consumption: adopting a self-determination theory perspective. | |
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PMID: 22051210 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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ABSTRACT. Objective: The current study investigated the relationship between different types of academic motives-specifically, intrinsic motivation, introjected regulation, and external regulation-and high school students' current and lifetime alcohol consumption. Method: One thousand sixty-seven high school students completed measures of academic motivation, other school-related factors, and lifetime and current alcohol consumption. Results: Using structural equation modeling, different types of motivation and school-related factors were differentially related to student drinking. Specifically, intrinsic motivation was negatively related to lifetime and current alcohol consumption. External regulation, on the other hand, was positively associated with current drinking. Grade point average was the only school-related factor related to student alcohol use. Conclusions: These findings suggest that motivation is an important construct to consider in predicting students' alcohol use, even when other more commonly studied educational variables are considered. In addition, it supports the adoption of a motivation framework that considers different types of motivation in understanding the relationship between academic motivation and alcohol use. Suggestions for incorporating the self-determination model of motivation into studies of alcohol and substance use, as well as potential impacts on intervention efforts, are discussed. In particular, it may be important to foster only certain types of motivation, rather than all types of academically-focused motives, in efforts to deter alcohol use. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 72, 965-974, 2011). |
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Stephanie V Wormington; Kristen G Anderson; Jennifer Henderlong Corpus |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs Volume: 72 ISSN: 1938-4114 ISO Abbreviation: J Stud Alcohol Drugs Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-11-04 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101295847 Medline TA: J Stud Alcohol Drugs Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 965-74 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202. |
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