Attitudes and Perceived Behavioral Control of First-Year College Student's Alcohol Use: A Study of an Instructional Software Intervention

Results of t-tests, ANOVAs, and correlations revealed that the Alcohol 101 intervention had a significant improvement in the desired direction for all, students, Greeks and non-Greeks, and men and women in regard to their attitude and personal control from pre-test to post-test. Greek students had a more favorable attitude toward alcohol and less personal control of alcohol than non-Greeks at pre-test and post-test and poorer intention at post-test. Greek students did not improve differentially at post-test from non-Greek students; there was no interaction. Men had a significantly poorer attitude and less control at pre- test and post-test than women. Men had a poorer intention as well. Men showed no differential improvement compared with women. Men's amount of improvement was approximately parallel with that of women. Greeks drank significantly more than non-Greeks and men drank significantly more than women. The more alcohol students drank, the poorer were their attitudes, control, and intention. No support was found for the hypothesis regarding drinking patterns and differential improvement at posttest on attitude and personal control.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Kinesiology and Community Health

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Michael, Mary Ellen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Janet Reis

• Psychology, Behavioral

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9971136

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86425