Document Type
Article - pre-print
Publication Date
4-2008
Abstract
Greek-affiliated college students have been found to drink more heavily and frequently than other students. With female student drinking on the rise over the past decade, sorority women may be at particular risk for heavy consumption patterns. The current study is the first to apply the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to examine drinking patterns among a sorority-only sample. Two-hundred and forty-seven sorority members completed questionnaires measuring TPB variables of attitudes, norms, perceived behavioral control, and intentions, with drinking behaviors measured one month later. Latent structural equation modeling examined the pathways of the TPB model. Intentions to drink mediated the relationship between attitudes and norms on drinking behavior. Subjective norms predicted intentions to drink more than attitudes or perceived behavioral control. Perceived behavioral control did not predict intentions but did predict drinking behaviors. Interpretation and suggestions from these findings are discussed.
Publisher Statement
This is an author-manuscript of an article accepted for publication in Addictive Behaviors following peer review. The version of record: Huchting, K., Lac, A., & LaBrie, J. W. (2008). An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to Sorority Alcohol Consumption. Addictive Behaviors, 33(4), 538–551. is available online at: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.11.002.
Recommended Citation
Huchting, K., Lac, A., & LaBrie, J. W. (2008). An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to Sorority Alcohol Consumption. Addictive Behaviors, 33(4), 538–551. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.11.002
