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Do young children of alcoholics hold more positive or negative alcohol-related expectancies than controls?
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Nov 1998
Wiers R W, Gunning W B, Sergeant J A
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Alcohol-related expectancies and alcohol use were examined in 185 children of alcoholics (COAs) and controls, aged 7 to 18 years. Concerning the expectancies of young COAs, two contrasting hypotheses have been proposed: COAs should hold more negative expectancies than controls due to aversive learning, or hold more positive expectancies due to either social learning or a more favorable response to alcohol. We...
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