%0 Journal Article
%T Understanding the Antecedents of Korean High School Students¡¯ Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy: Parental Influence, Peer Influence, and Behavior
%A Su Ahn Jang
%A NamAuk Cho
%A Jina Yoo
%J Global Journal of Health Science
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5539/gjhs.v4n1p10
%X The current study examined the factors that influence Korean adolescents¡¯ drinking refusal self-efficacy, which is known to be associated with alcohol use and drinking intentions. Specifically, this study considered parental monitoring, parent-child communication satisfaction, peer influence, and prior alcohol use as possible antecedents of Korean high school students¡¯ drinking refusal self-efficacy. High school students (n = 538) in South Korea responded to the current study. The data revealed that parent-child communication satisfaction facilitated parental monitoring, and these factors indirectly predicted adolescents¡¯ drinking behavior through peer influence. We also found that prior drinking, parental monitoring, and peer influence were directly associated with drinking refusal self-efficacy, and the self-efficacy, in turn, was associated with drinking intentions. These results not only suggest that drinking refusal self-efficacy are related to drinking behavior and intentions, but they also provide a theoretical explanation for how parental and peer influences are associated with adolescents¡¯ drinking refusal self-efficacy.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/gjhs/article/view/12826