Interactive Effects within the Prototype Willingness Model: Predicting the Drinking Behavior of Indigenous Early Adolescents

Authors

Brian E. Armenta, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow
Les B. Whitbeck, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Kari C. Gentzler, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2016

Citation

Psychol Addict Behav. 2016 March ; 30(2): 194–202.

doi:10.1037/adb0000104.

Comments

US government work

Abstract

Drawing on the Prototype/Willingness Model of Adolescent Risk Behavior we used longitudinal data collected from North American Indigenous early adolescents (ages 10–12 years) to examine the interactive effects of favorable drinker prototypes, perceived drinking norms, and past year drinking behavior on subsequent drinking behavior (i.e., drinking behavior 1 year later and growth in drinking behavior from 1–5 years later). We found that the positive association between favorable drinker prototypes and drinking one year later was strongest for adolescents who were high in past year drinking and perceived low drinking norms. The interaction pattern for growth in drinking was more complex and suggested an important pattern; specifically, favorable drinker prototypes were positively associated with drinking five years later, but only for adolescents who reported no past year drinking and perceived low drinking norms. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.