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Overestimation of close friend drinking problems in the prediction of one's own drinking problems.
Addictive Behaviors 2017 January
BACKGROUND: Overestimation of the amount that other students drink is related to alcohol-related problems. Although beliefs concerning students' friends tend to be stronger predictors of drinking than beliefs regarding students generally, little research has focused on overestimation of friends' drinking-related problems.
OBJECTIVES: Test hypotheses that students overestimate a close friend's drinking-related problems and that such overestimation would relate to more frequent drinking and related problems.
METHOD: Participant/Friend pairs (N=55) completed online measures of drinking-related beliefs and behaviors.
RESULTS: Participants overestimated the alcohol-related problem severity experienced by their friends. Greater overestimation of friends' problems was related to greater participant alcohol-related problems and binge drinking.
CONCLUSIONS/IMPORTANCE: Cognitive distortions regarding a friend's drinking-related behaviors may be useful therapeutic targets.
OBJECTIVES: Test hypotheses that students overestimate a close friend's drinking-related problems and that such overestimation would relate to more frequent drinking and related problems.
METHOD: Participant/Friend pairs (N=55) completed online measures of drinking-related beliefs and behaviors.
RESULTS: Participants overestimated the alcohol-related problem severity experienced by their friends. Greater overestimation of friends' problems was related to greater participant alcohol-related problems and binge drinking.
CONCLUSIONS/IMPORTANCE: Cognitive distortions regarding a friend's drinking-related behaviors may be useful therapeutic targets.
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