Theory Database - Theory 33: Integrated Theory of Drinking Behaviour

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West, R., Godinho, C. A., Bohlen, L. C., Carey, R. N., Hastings, J., Lefevre, C. E., & Michie, S. (2019). Development of a formal system for representing behaviour-change theories. Nature human behaviour, 3(5), 526. doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0561-2.
Hale, J., Hastings, J., West, R., Lefevre, C. E., Direito, A., Connell Bohlen, L., Godinho, C., Anderson, N., Zink, S., Goarke, H., and Michie, S. (2020) An ontology-based modelling system (OBMS) for representing behaviour change theories applied to 76 theories [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Research.

Theory 33: Integrated Theory of Drinking Behaviour

Number of Constructs: 23
Number of Triples: 54

Theory triples

Social interaction influences Social roles
Social integration / anomie influences Social interaction
Market mechanisms influences Physical availability
Social / institutional structures influences Social integration / anomie
Market mechanisms influences Social / institutional structures
Public policy influences Social / institutional structures
Social / institutional structures influences Economic availability
Market mechanisms influences Models of drinking
Social / institutional structures influences Models of drinking
Public policy influences Economic availability
Formal social controls influences Behaviour
Legal availability influences Behaviour
Social interaction influences Conditioned responses
Economic availability influences Cognitive perceptions
Social interaction influences Cognitive perceptions
Social interaction influences General beliefs / perceptions / personality
Social roles influences Behaviour
Behaviour influences General beliefs / perceptions / personality
General beliefs / perceptions / personality influences Behaviour
Conditioned responses influences Behaviour
Biological / pharmacological factors influences Behaviour
Public policy influences Models of drinking
Social / institutional structures influences Social interaction
Physical availability influences Cognitive perceptions
Economic availability influences the 'Social integration / anomie' to 'Macro / societal level' Part of relationship
Legal availability influences Cognitive perceptions
Social roles influences Cognitive perceptions
Models of drinking influences Cognitive perceptions
Physical availability influences Behaviour
Public policy influences Physical availability
Public policy influences Legal availability
Public policy influences Formal social controls
Cognitive perceptions influences Behaviour
Economic availability influences Behaviour
Formal social controls influences Cognitive perceptions
Legal availability part of Macro / societal level
Formal social controls part of Macro / societal level
Models of drinking part of Macro / societal level
Market mechanisms part of Macro / societal level
Social / institutional structures part of Macro / societal level
Social roles part of Macro / societal level
Physical availability part of Macro / societal level
Social interaction part of Macro / societal level
Social integration / anomie part of Macro / societal level
Public policy part of Macro / societal level
General beliefs / perceptions / personality part of Individual level
Biological / pharmacological factors part of Individual level
Conditioned responses part of Individual level
Cognitive perceptions part of Individual level
Expectancies about alcohol's effects part of Cognitive perceptions
Rewarding effects of alcohol with respect to costs part of Cognitive perceptions
Meanings of alcohol use part of Cognitive perceptions
Self-esteem part of General beliefs / perceptions / personality
Locus of control part of General beliefs / perceptions / personality

Theory constructs and annotations

Social interaction Social encounters with important others that may facilitate or hinder the behaviour [ BCIO:006099 (Social influence behaviour) 33 59 49 29 60 32 30 80 ]
Social roles The roles one plays in life (e.g. parent, level of conventionality); also includes deviance and problem labels [ BCIO:006082 (Social role) 33 ]
Social integration / anomie The degree to which one is embedded in, or part of, a social network [ BCIO:006074 (Social embeddedness) 33 19 ]
Market mechanisms Mechanisms that respond to demand and stimulate demand for alcohol [ ENVO:01000254 (Environmental system) 33 29 39 41 ]
Physical availability The extent to which alcohol is physically available (e.g. proximity to stores selling alcohol) [ BCIO:006089 (Physical behavioural opportunity) 33 ]
Social / institutional structures Hierarchical levels, such as class or school neighbourhood, which influence social integration and physical and social exposures [ BCIO:006001 (Social environmental system) 33 41 19 24 39 ]
Public policy Laws, regulations and their implementation; practices that may influence drinking behaviour (e.g. via the legal, economic, and physical availability of alcohol) [ ADDICTO:0001109 (public policy) 33 ]
Economic availability The extent to which it is financially viable to access alcohol (i.e. the retail price of alcohol in relation to disposable income) [ BCIO:006087 (Financial behavioural opportunity) 33 41 39 ]
Models of drinking Examples of other people, whether real or fictional, who drink (e.g. parents, peers, media programming, contemporary literature) [ BCIO:006099 (Social influence behaviour) 33 , BCIO:006001 (Social environmental system) 33 62 13 59 49 68 10 14 69 72 60 29 32 28 80 41 64 4 65 77 3 30 57 ]
Formal social controls The various laws and policies relating to the behaviour, including the probability of detection by formal social controls and the level of threat posed by them [ BCIO:006090 (Social behavioural opportunity) 33 ]
Behaviour The quantity and frequency of consumption, physical context, social situations and riskiness of drinking [ ADDICTO:0001135 (Alcohol consumption pattern) 33 ]
Legal availability The extent to which alcohol is legally accessible (e.g. the minimum drinking age, hours of sale) [ BCIO:050692 (legal behavioural constraint) 33 ]
Conditioned responses Learned responses that occur after repeated pairings of a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus [ BCIO:006057 (Learned stimulus-response co-occurrence) 33 ]
Cognitive perceptions Thoughts and feelings about alcohol (e.g. anticipations around the positive and reinforcing effects, understanding of alcohol consumption in terms of its socially shared meanings) [ MF:0000041 (Belief) 33 72 34 73 1 14 28 30 31 35 42 54 67 79 ]
General beliefs / perceptions / personality Attributes associated with oneself that will influence one's drinking behaviour including emotionality, locus of control, self-esteem, depression and impulsivity [ MF:0000041 (Belief) 33 , MF:0000202 (personality) 33 , BCIO:050626 (depressed mood) 33 72 34 73 35 60 1 17 14 28 30 31 42 54 67 79 ]
Biological / pharmacological factors The variety of intra-personal factors that influence drinking behaviour, including those related to biology and those related to the psychopharmacological action of alcohol on the body
Macro / societal level
Individual level
Expectancies about alcohol's effects [ BCIO:006019 (Belief about consequences of behaviour) 33 42 24 32 25 31 34 20 ]
Rewarding effects of alcohol with respect to costs [ BCIO:006100 (Internal reward for a response) 33 , MF:0000006 (Judging) 33 ]
Meanings of alcohol use [ MF:0000041 (Belief) 33 72 34 73 1 14 28 30 31 35 42 54 67 79 ]
Self-esteem [ BCIO:006035 (Evaluation of self) 33 69 34 68 ]
Locus of control [ BCIO:006022 (Belief about control over one´s future) 33 39 ]

Theory illustration

Theory Reference

Wagenaar, A.C. & Perry, C. L. (1994). Community Strategies for the Reduction of Youth Drinking: Theory and Application. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 4(2), 319–345.

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