Objective: To determine the mediation effect of the search for sensations in the relationship
between attitudes to consumption and alcohol consumption in a sample of adolescents from
Ecuador. Method: Descriptive, predictive and mediating study with the use of the Scale of
Attitudes to Consumption, the Brief Sensation Search Questionnaire and the Identification Test
for Disorders Related to Alcohol Consumption. Participants: 913 adolescents (55.2% men)
between 11 and 19 years old (X? = 14.7 years; s = 1.7), students from 6 educational centres (61.3%
public) from the cities of Ambato, Latacunga and Pelileo from Ecuador. Results: The Search for
sensations (ab = .025; p <.001; 95% CI [.013 - .040]) presents a partial mediation effect (c =
.251; p <.001 [c ‘= .226; p <.001]) in the relationship between Attitudes to consumption and
Alcohol Consumption. Conclusions: The intervening variables Search for sensations are relevant
when considering the relationship between Attitudes to consumption and Alcohol consumption.
Authors
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Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador / Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España
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Marlon Mayorga-Lascano - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
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Carlos Reyes-Valenzuela - Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador
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Teresa Durán-Rodríguez - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador / Social Research and Mental Health Lab - Ecuador
Keywords:
Adolescent; attitud; alcohol; age; sensation; mediation.