A Study on the Health Beliefs and Alcohol Expectancies of Prospective Female University Students
AUTHORS
Hyun Joo Lee,Department of Nursing, Woosong University, South Korea
ABSTRACT
This descriptive research study analyzes the relationship between the health beliefs and alcohol expectancies of female university applicants. A structured questionnaire survey was conducted on 293 persons who applied for admission to a university in D city. For data analysis, the SPSS/WIN 22.0 program was used to conduct t-test, ANOVA and correlation analysis. Alcohol expectancies were higher among those who did not participate in club activities (4.12) than those who did (3.10). Alcohol expectancies displayed correlations with barriers (r=.423, p<.001) and self-efficacy (r=-.226 p<.001) with respect to the health belief. Based on the results of this study, it can be suggested that prospective university students need to lower the barriers to moderate drinking and that moderate drinking programs that educate on cognitive effects should be made, so as to lower prospective university students' positive alcohol expectancies.
KEYWORDS
Alcohol, Health Belief, Expectancies
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