TY - JOUR
T1 - An exploratory study of bar and nightclub expectancies
AU - Reingle, Jennifer
AU - Thombs, Dennis
AU - Weiler, Robert
AU - Dodd, Virginia
AU - O'Mara, Ryan
AU - Pokorny, Steven
PY - 2009/5/1
Y1 - 2009/5/1
N2 - Objective: The authors identified the principal components of bar and nightclub expectancy in college students and the associations between these factors and the risk behavior of night-clubbing.Participants: A total of 4,384 undergraduates enrolled at a large, public university participated.Methods: In the first phase (July-September 2007), the authors collected preliminary data from a convenience sample. In the second phase (March 2008), the authors collected data from a separate probability sample.Results: A principal components analysis revealed 4 reliable and distinct expectancy factors. Regression analyses revealed that after adjusting for the effects of alcohol and demographic variables, expectancies explained a significant proportion of variance in bar/nightclub attendance. Different expectancy profiles distinguished high-frequency nightclubbers from the most common bar attendance practice and nonmonogamous nightclubbers from monogamous nightclubbers. Conclusions: From a developmental perspective, nightclubbing appears to assist young adults with establishing and maintaining social networks, romantic and sexual relationships, and collegiate acculturation.
AB - Objective: The authors identified the principal components of bar and nightclub expectancy in college students and the associations between these factors and the risk behavior of night-clubbing.Participants: A total of 4,384 undergraduates enrolled at a large, public university participated.Methods: In the first phase (July-September 2007), the authors collected preliminary data from a convenience sample. In the second phase (March 2008), the authors collected data from a separate probability sample.Results: A principal components analysis revealed 4 reliable and distinct expectancy factors. Regression analyses revealed that after adjusting for the effects of alcohol and demographic variables, expectancies explained a significant proportion of variance in bar/nightclub attendance. Different expectancy profiles distinguished high-frequency nightclubbers from the most common bar attendance practice and nonmonogamous nightclubbers from monogamous nightclubbers. Conclusions: From a developmental perspective, nightclubbing appears to assist young adults with establishing and maintaining social networks, romantic and sexual relationships, and collegiate acculturation.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Bar
KW - College students
KW - Nightclub
KW - Outcome expectancy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67649214203&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3200/JACH.57.6.629-638
DO - 10.3200/JACH.57.6.629-638
M3 - Article
C2 - 19433401
AN - SCOPUS:67649214203
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 57
SP - 629
EP - 638
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 6
ER -