Need for Affect and Attitudes Toward Drugs: The Mediating Role of Values.
Subst Use Misuse
; 53(13): 2232-2239, 2018 11 10.
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| ID: mdl-29727251
ABSTRACT
Human values and affective traits were found to predict attitudes toward the use of different types of drugs (e.g., alcohol, marijuana, and other illegal drugs). In this study (N = 196, Mage = 23.09), we aimed to gain a more comprehensive understanding of those predictors of attitudes toward drug use in a mediated structural equation model, providing a better overview of a possible motivational path that drives to such a risky behavior. Specifically, we predicted and found that the relations between need for affect and attitudes toward drug use were mediated by excitement values. Also, results showed that excitement values and need for affect positively predicted attitudes toward the use of drugs, whereas normative values predicted it negatively. The pattern of results remained the same when we investigated attitudes toward alcohol, marijuana, or illegal drugs separately. Overall, the findings indicate that emotions operate via excitement and normative values to influence risk behavior.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Valores Sociais
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Atitude
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Drogas Ilícitas
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias
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Afeto
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Alcoolismo
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Motivação
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Subst Use Misuse
Assunto da revista:
TRANSTORNOS RELACIONADOS COM SUBSTANCIAS
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido