This paper reports on the first longitudinal test of the Acquired Preparedness (AP) model of
alcoholism risk, which holds that individual differences in key personality traits influence …

Objective: According to the acquired preparedness model (APM), personality traits related to
disinhibition (ie, impulsivity and sensation seeking) may influence the learning process …

Alcohol expectancy has proven to be a powerful predictor of drinking behavior, including
alcoholism, in a wide range of groups. Three recent studies that begin to address …

Alcohol-related expectancies covary consistently with consumption patterns; limited
research also suggests that expectancies can predict future drinking behavior. However, the …

Objective: The present study examined the influences of personality dimensions
(extraversion, neuroticism) on college alcohol involvement both (1) directly and (2) mediated …

Objective: This study tested several predictions of the" acquired preparedness" model in
both black and white samples of college students. The acquired preparedness model holds …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to begin the process of examining the validity of the
acquired preparedness model of alcohol use for women. The model holds that trait …

After high school, college students escalate their drinking at a faster rate than their
noncollege-attending peers, and alcohol use in high school is one of the strongest …

Four sets of findings support the theory that alcohol expectancy plays a causal-mediational
role in teenage problem drinking:(a) Alcohol expectancies correlate with drinking behavior …

Social learning mechanisms, such as descriptive norms for drinking behavior (norms) and
positive alcohol expectancies (PAEs), play a major role in college student alcohol use …