Robinson, E., Oldham, M., Sharps, M. et al. (5 more authors) (2016) Social imitation of alcohol consumption and ingratiation motives in young adults. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30 (4). pp. 442-449. ISSN 0893-164X
Abstract
Across 2 studies we tested the hypothesis that social ingratiation motives may be an important factor explaining social imitation of alcohol consumption. In Study 1, participants drank alcohol with a heavy versus light drinking confederate under conditions that were designed to heighten or reduce (participants believed they would not be judged) motivation for ingratiation. In Study 2 we manipulated the degree to which participants believed they had already successfully ingratiated themselves with a heavy or no (alcohol) drinking confederate. In Study 1, participants’ alcohol consumption was most strongly influenced by the confederate’s drinking behavior when they believed that they would later be judged by the confederate. In Study 2, participants’ alcohol consumption was influenced by the confederate’s drinking behavior and this effect was particularly pronounced if participants were unsure if the confederate had accepted them. The desire for social ingratiation may in part explain why people imitate the drinking behavior of those around them.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s). This article has been published under the terms of the Creative Com-mons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any me-dium, provided the original author and source are credited. Copyright forthis article is retained by the author(s). Author(s) grant(s) the American Psychological Association the exclusive right to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher. |
Keywords: | alcohol; social drinking; mimicry; ingratiation; need to belong |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2019 15:23 |
Last Modified: | 24 Jun 2019 18:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1037/adb0000150 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:147672 |
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