A qualitative exploration of young women's drinking experiences and associated protective behaviours

Armstrong, Kerry; Watling, Hanna; Davey, Jeremy D.; Darvell, Millie

doi:10.1080/13676261.2013.844783

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“…In essence, social identification and self‐categorisation with a sports group provide value and meaning to drinking in this context. This echoes findings that suggest strategies for reducing alcohol‐related harm among young people should focus on the social consequences of excessive drinking (Armstrong, Watling, Davey, & Darvell, ; de Visser, Wheeler, Abraham, & Smith, ) and harnessing ‘groupy behaviour’ (Hogg & Terry, ) by evoking the power of the group to increase the success of drink‐related interventions. The utility of a group‐based management of alcohol consumption is emerging as an approach that may be more effective than those seeking to reduce individualised intentions for drinking (Armstrong et al, ).…”

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“…This echoes findings that suggest strategies for reducing alcohol‐related harm among young people should focus on the social consequences of excessive drinking (Armstrong, Watling, Davey, & Darvell, ; de Visser, Wheeler, Abraham, & Smith, ) and harnessing ‘groupy behaviour’ (Hogg & Terry, ) by evoking the power of the group to increase the success of drink‐related interventions. The utility of a group‐based management of alcohol consumption is emerging as an approach that may be more effective than those seeking to reduce individualised intentions for drinking (Armstrong et al, ). Building upon previous qualitative work, the impetus now centres on how group‐level motives within sport, such as identity reputation and maintaining positive group experiences, can be harnessed as strategies to reduce over‐intoxication, that is, being a ‘good drinker’ (de Visser et al, ).…”

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confidence: 64%

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A qualitative exploration of alcohol use among student sportspeople: A social identity perspective

Zhou

Heim

2016

Euro J Social Psych

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Research indicates that university student sportspeople are a high-risk subgroup for hazardous alcohol consumption. Adopting a social identity perspective, we explored the social and psychological processes linking sports participation and alcohol use. Twenty-two individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with UK student sportspeople (male 12, female 10). A deductive thematic analysis identified three core themes: social identification and sports group membership, identity processes in (alcohol) behaviours, and sport context-specific significance of alcohol. Results suggest that the consumptive practices among student sportspeople were strategic activities underpinned by social identity processes, and which served to provide a positive sports experience at the group level. Our findings highlight the interactions between the sport environment, the social structure of sport participation, and the multipurpose function of alcohol in this context. We discuss the implications of these results in support of a social identity approach to sport-related drinking.

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Section: Implications and Conclusionsupporting

confidence: 64%

A qualitative exploration of alcohol use among student sportspeople: A social identity perspective

Zhou

Heim

2016

Euro J Social Psych

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“…A study with teenagers aged 14–20 from 68 communities in 5 states in the United States reports that one’s group of friends is one of the most influencing variables when it comes to alcohol consumption, since adolescents tend to adjust their alcohol consumption to the people close to them as we have also observed in our study [35]. Several studies [36,37] point out that girls allude to the feeling of safety derived from knowing that if they drink too much their group of friends will take care of them. This feeling of safety contributes to them letting themselves go and drinking alcohol excessively.…”

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Alcohol Consumption Among Spanish Female Adolescents: Related Factors and National Trends 2006–2014

Alonso-Fernández

Trujillo

Hernández-Barrera

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Background: The purpose of this study was: (a) to estimate trends over time in the prevalence of alcohol consumption among female adolescents between 2006 and 2014; (b) to identify the factors associated with the probability of consuming alcohol during this period for Spanish female adolescents (14–18 years old). Methods: Spanish nationwide, epidemiological, cross-sectional study on alcohol consumption by adolescent women. We used individualized secondary data retrieved from the 2006 and 2014 Spanish state survey on drug use in secondary education, for a total of 48,676 survey respondents aged 14 to 18 years. Alcohol use was the dependent variable. We also analyzed sociodemographic and educational features, lifestyle habits, perceived health risk for consumption, and perceived availability of substance using logistic regression models. Results: The prevalence of alcohol consumption among female adolescents was 62.35% during the study period. Alcohol consumption increased with age and was more frequent on weekends than on school days. The variables associated with a greater probability of alcohol consumption were tobacco, marijuana (aOR = 2.37; 95% CI: 2.08–2.72), and alcohol consumption by friends (aOR = 7.24; 95% CI: 6.42–8.16). Conclusions: Alcohol consumption by female adolescents in Spain significantly increased from 2006 to 2014. Marijuana and alcohol consumption by friends were associated factors.

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“…Cyberball (used in Bacon et al, 2015 ) consists of exclusion from two cartoon, ungendered figures described as representing study participants playing elsewhere. Young women report that unknown and intoxicated others are a commonly perceived risk when drinking ( Armstrong, Watling, Davey, and Darvell, 2014 ), and women are more likely to employ protective drinking strategies, such as drinking with familiar people ( Benton et al, 2004 ), which may have yielded the protective drinking pattern employed by women in Bacon et al (2015) . Severity of ostracism, an assessment of the psychological needs impacted, and manipulation of the perpetrators of ostracism are all potential avenues of future exploration.…”

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Excluded, then inebriated: A preliminary investigation into the role of ostracism on alcohol consumption

Bacon

Engerman

2018

Addictive Behaviors Reports

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IntroductionOstracism has only recently been investigated as a relevant social stressor that might precede college student alcohol use. The present study continues initial efforts to examine the effects of ostracism on subsequent alcohol consumption in the laboratory. A 2 (sex: male, female) × 2 (condition: ostracism, control) between-subjects experimental design was conducted to examine the effects of these variables on alcohol consumption in the laboratory.MethodsSocial drinking college students (N = 40; 43% female) were randomly assigned to one of two social interaction tasks: either an in-person conversation from which the participant was excluded by two confederates, or independently rating neutrally valenced photographs alongside confederates. Participants then consumed a priming drink (targeted dose = 0.03 BrAC) before completing a mock taste test of up to 710 ml of light beer. Amount consumed (in ml) during the mock taste test served as the primary dependent variable.ResultsThe ostracism condition was effective at decreasing mood and psychological need variables (i.e., control, belonging) compared to the control condition. After removing from analyses those who identified the confederates as part of the study (n = 7; 3 control, 4 ostracism), results indicated that males consumed more beer than females, and that ostracized participants trended toward consuming more beer than control participants.ConclusionsFindings contribute important methodological additions to a burgeoning literature on the effects of ostracism on drinking, and suggest that ostracism may be a valuable addition to studies examining drinking to cope behaviors.

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A qualitative exploration of young women's drinking experiences and associated protective behaviours

Cited by 27 publications

References 31 publications

A qualitative exploration of alcohol use among student sportspeople: A social identity perspective

A qualitative exploration of alcohol use among student sportspeople: A social identity perspective

Alcohol Consumption Among Spanish Female Adolescents: Related Factors and National Trends 2006–2014

Excluded, then inebriated: A preliminary investigation into the role of ostracism on alcohol consumption

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