Lins de Holanda Coelho, Gabriel and Hanel, Paul HP and Vilar, Roosevelt and P. Monteiro, Renan and Gouveia, Valdiney V and R. Maio, Gregory (2018) Need for Affect and Attitudes Toward Drugs: The Mediating Role of Values. Substance Use and Misuse, 53 (13). pp. 2232-2239. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2018.1467454
Lins de Holanda Coelho, Gabriel and Hanel, Paul HP and Vilar, Roosevelt and P. Monteiro, Renan and Gouveia, Valdiney V and R. Maio, Gregory (2018) Need for Affect and Attitudes Toward Drugs: The Mediating Role of Values. Substance Use and Misuse, 53 (13). pp. 2232-2239. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2018.1467454
Lins de Holanda Coelho, Gabriel and Hanel, Paul HP and Vilar, Roosevelt and P. Monteiro, Renan and Gouveia, Valdiney V and R. Maio, Gregory (2018) Need for Affect and Attitudes Toward Drugs: The Mediating Role of Values. Substance Use and Misuse, 53 (13). pp. 2232-2239. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2018.1467454
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.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Need for affect; emotions; human values; attitudes; drugs; alcohol |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2021 21:33 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 18:50 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/29971 |
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