E-ISSN : 2733-4538
A study was conducted to assess the effect of such psychosocial determinants as stress, expectancy to alcohol effects and social influence on drinking behavior. The drinking behavior was measured with frequency and average amount of drinking, and drinking problems. As expected, the stress, the cognitive expectancy and the social influence variables significantly predicted drinking behavior. The male subjects, the drinking frequency measure was affected by the social influence, the stress and the social facilitation effect of alcohol. Average amount of drinking was predicted by the stress and the negative expectancy about alcohol. The predictive variables of the drinking problem were the stress and the social influence. In contrast, social influence was highly predictive of drinking frequency and drinking volume among female. The drinking problem among female was predicted by the stress and the social influence. This findings suggest that stress, alcohol expectancy and social influence were differentially related to drinking measures, and that sexual difference must be considered to account for the relationship.