A Study of the Relationship Between Protective Behaviors and Drinking Consequences Among Undergraduate College Students

Delva, Jorge; Smith, Michael P.; Howell, Richard L.; Harrison, Dianne F.; Wilke, Dina J.; Jackson, Debra

doi:10.3200/jach.53.1.19-27

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“…28,29,41 Similar to findings from Delva and colleagues (2004), we found the association between drinking strategies and the consequences of drinking was significant for females but not for males. 29 Some have suggested that due to the threat of sexual assault, females are more vigilant and aware of the need for protecting themselves. 29 Our results also revealed that females use more behaviors overall and that more behaviors used by females are associated with fewer negative consequences.…”

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“…29 Some have suggested that due to the threat of sexual assault, females are more vigilant and aware of the need for protecting themselves. 29 Our results also revealed that females use more behaviors overall and that more behaviors used by females are associated with fewer negative consequences. However, for males, this relationship was not significant.…”

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Protective Behaviors and High-Risk Drinking Among Entering College Freshmen

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Wagoner³

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Objectives-To explore the use of protective behaviors to reduce risks associated with alcohol consumption among adolescents during the summer preceding college enrollment.Methods-Survey data were collected in fall 2006 and 2007 that assessed demographic characteristics, drinking behaviors, and use of protective behaviors in the 3 months preceding the survey.Results-Female participants reported using 4 out of 10 protective behaviors more often than did males, and using protective behaviors was significantly related to fewer negative drinking-related consequences.Conclusions-Findings highlight potential benefits of using protective behaviors and the need to promote effective behaviors. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptAm J Health Behav. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 June 26. High-risk drinking among college students has been recognized as a significant public health problem. Four of 5 college students drink alcohol, and half of these engage in heavy episodic drinking. 1 -5 The consequences of high-risk drinking are numerous and undesirable.High-risk drinking among college students has been associated with greater likelihood of negative consequences such as physical and sexual assault, health problems, unsafe and unplanned sexual activity, sexual harassment, impaired sleep and study time, and interpersonal problems. 3,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Alcohol use is culturally and socially accepted during the transition from high school to college. 2 Numerous studies show that late adolescence and early adulthood are the peak time for heavy drinking and alcohol-related problems, along with other substance use and other risky and illegal behaviors. [18][19][20] High school students intending to go to college have lower rates of alcohol and other substance use compared to their noncollege-bound peers. However, in the years immediately following high school, college students have higher rates of alcohol use and frequent heavy drinking, even though they have lower rates of other substance use. [19][20][21] This period of initiation and accelerated use is an important time to intervene, as it can affect long-term use and lifelong difficulties. 22 Much of the increase in alcohol use has been attributed to major individual (eg, alcohol expectancies, perceptions of drinking norms) and contextual changes (eg, decreased parental monitoring) that adolescents experience during this transition period. 23,24 White and colleagues found that leaving home and going to college were significantly associated with increased frequency of alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking during the time between high school and emerging adulthood. 24 The increase in high-risk drinking among incoming college students has been attributed to decreases in parental monitoring and perceptions of drinking norms among college students.Harford et al examined the associations between type of residence, heavy episodic drinking in high school, and alcohol-related problems among college students. 25 Students living off campus wi...

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Protective Behaviors and High-Risk Drinking Among Entering College Freshmen

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“…Convergent validity of the scale was also conducted with the same sample used to generate the factor structure, which is consistent with other studies generating protective behavioral strategy scales for alcohol (Delva et al, 2004;Martens et al, 2005Martens et al, , 2007, but items may benefit from additional convergent validity testing outside this sample. Last, we did not specify a timeframe for the use of these strategies, as we modeled the scale of the widely used PBSS for alcohol (Martens et al, 2005(Martens et al, , 2007.…”

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Measuring Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana Use Among Young Adults

Pedersen

Hummer

Rinker

et al. 2016

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Marijuana use can result in a variety of negative consequences, yet it remains popular among young adults and the general public at large. Combined with the growing empirical support for the benefits of medicinal marijuana as well as the steady increase in popular opinion regarding its legalization, it is of growing importance to identify strategies that may mitigate the harms related to marijuana use, reduce consumption levels, and limit resulting negative consequences among young adults who use marijuana. The purpose of this study was to develop and conduct initial psychometric analyses on a new scale, which we named the Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana (PBSM) scale. Method: A sample of undergraduate college students who reported past-6-month marijuana use (n = 210) responded to the initial pool of PBSM items and completed measures of marijuana use, consequences from marijuana use, alcohol use, and protective behavioral strategies for alcohol. Results: Results from an iterative principal component analyses process yielded a single-factor structure with 39 items. The PBSM mean composite score negatively associated with marijuana use and consequences, with the strongest correlations evident for pastmonth users. The PBSM also significantly positively correlated with alcohol protective strategies. Conclusions: Protective behavioral strategies for marijuana appear to be a measurable construct that are related to marijuana frequency and consequences, and thus may be a useful component of intervention and prevention programs with young adults. More work testing the PBSM items with larger and more diverse samples of young adults is encouraged. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 77, 441-450, 2016)

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“…eat before or during drinking, avoid drinking games, use a designated driver) and alcohol-related consequences, such that students reporting the highest use of protective behaviors also reported the lowest number of consequences (Delva et al, 2004). This association was stronger for women than for men.…”

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The relationship between drinking control strategies and college student alcohol use.

Sugarman

Carey

2007

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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Interventions designed to reduce heavy drinking among college students often contain suggestions for drinking control strategies. However, little is known about the relationship of the use of these strategies to alcohol consumption. This study developed a measure of drinking control strategies and investigated its psychometric properties in a sample of 250 college drinkers. Strategies clustered into three factors: selective avoidance of heavy drinking activities/situations, strategies used while drinking, and alternatives to drinking. These three types of strategies were independently associated with alcohol use; however, the first and last types were negatively associated with alcohol consumption, whereas the second type was positively associated with alcohol use. The findings from this study suggest that type of strategy recommended may be important when the goal is alcohol reduction. Keywordsdrinking control strategies; alcohol use; college students Surveys of drinking in national samples of college campuses revealed that between 34 to 44% of students met criteria for heavy drinking (Douglas et al., 1997;Wechsler et al., 2002). Heavy drinking can lead to health risks (e.g., blackouts, personal injuries, physical illnesses, and unprotected sexual activity), in addition to academic, interpersonal, and legal problems (Hingson, Heeren, Winter, & Wechsler, 2005;Perkins, 2002;Aertgeerts & Buntinx, 2002). Due to the substantial risks associated with heavy college drinking, innovative risk reduction strategies are needed. Effective intervention programs have combined information, normative feedback and values clarification within a context of teaching college students skills to moderate risky drinking behaviors (Larimer & Cronce, 2002).Skills-based interventions are designed to modify high risk drinking behaviors in two ways: (a) teaching how to cope with life stresses in ways other than alcohol use (e.g., building alternative stress management, relaxation, and social skills), and (b) teaching alcohol-specific harm reduction skills (e.g., drinking in ways to avoid extreme intoxication and negative consequences). These intervention components evolved from self-management approaches for controlled drinking. For example, Miller and Muñoz (2005) developed a manual titled Controlling Your Drinking which outlines self-control strategies in three domains: while you drink, before you drink, and instead of drinking. The 'while you drink' strategies focus on slowing down drinking. The 'before you drink' strategies focus on teaching ways to gain control over drinking by understanding and changing antecedents that lead to heavy drinking. Lastly, the 'instead of drinking' strategies focus on gaining understanding of the reinforcers of alcohol use and teaching alternate ways to achieve these reinforcing effects without alcohol use.Many skills-based interventions designed for college students offer a menu of strategies or tips to students to help them moderate their drinking. However, little is known about the relationship...

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A Study of the Relationship Between Protective Behaviors and Drinking Consequences Among Undergraduate College Students

Cited by 126 publications

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Protective Behaviors and High-Risk Drinking Among Entering College Freshmen

Protective Behaviors and High-Risk Drinking Among Entering College Freshmen

Measuring Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana Use Among Young Adults

The relationship between drinking control strategies and college student alcohol use.

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