Girdlestone, Denise Frances (2016) Examining the Influence of Positive Expectancies, Drinking Motives, and Past Drinking on Action Self-Efficacy. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
This study added to existing research on overcoming the ‘intention-behaviour gap’ in healthy lifestyle change. We investigated the influence of positive expectancies, past drinking behaviours and drinking motives on action self-efficacy. It was firstly established that positive expectancies had a direct positive effect on action self-efficacy, and secondly, the unique contribution of age, gender, drinking motives, and past drinking on action selfefficacy were measured. Finally the moderating effect of episodic drinking motives on positive expectancies and action self-efficacy was tested. A cross-sectional sample of 392 participants (61.4% males, 38.6% females) across a broad age were recruited on a vehicular ferry in Southern Queensland, Australia. Drinkers and non-drinkers were included and data were collected using pen and paper self-report questionnaires. Key variables were outcome expectancies, action self-efficacy, past drinking behaviours and drinking motives. Hierarchical regression analysis indicated positive expectancies were significantly related to action self-efficacy, and drinking motives accounted for 10.4 % variability in action selfefficacy, leaving 5.7% variability contributed by past drinking unexplained. Total model accounted for 23.5% overall variability in action self-efficacy. The moderating effect of drinking motives on positive expectancies and action self-efficacy was significant at low and moderate levels of drinking motives but non-significant at high levels. The moderating effect was interpreted as variability in self-efficacy according to drinking cues (e.g. drinking to relax). Therefore, self-efficacy plays an important role in health behaviour change. Understanding how self-efficacy is effected by motivational cues that prompt drinking could prove to be important factors in prevention planning.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Erich Fein; Amy Mullens |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2025 04:00 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Aug 2025 04:00 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HAPA ; positive expectancies ; self-efficacy ; drinking motives ; past drinking |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52350 |
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