Predictive Utility of Protective Behavioral Strategies for Alcohol-Related Outcomes in a Community Sample of Young Adults

Fernández‐Calderón, Fermín; González-Ponce, Bella M.; Batanero, María Carmen Díaz; Lozano, Óscar

doi:10.15288/jsad.2021.82.476

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“…The data for this longitudinal study were collected through a targeted sampling procedure [57] as part of a more extensive ongoing longitudinal study with a community sample of 360 young adults aged 18-25 years [58]. Between September to December 2019, participants were approached in a variety of community settings of the city of Huelva (Spain).…”

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Changes in Alcohol Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Young Adults: The Prospective Effect of Anxiety and Depression

Vera

Márquez

Lozano

et al. 2021

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Health measures instantiated to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have imposed significant constraints for the population and impacted on drinking habits and mental health. This study longitudinally compared changes in alcohol consumption before and after the COVID-19 outbreak and the impact of sociodemographic and mental health variables on such changes among a community sample of young adults. Data were collected in the context of a larger, ongoing longitudinal study. The sample consisted of 305 young adults from Spain aged between 18 and 26 years (mean age = 21.27, (SD = 2.21), female = 53.4%; college students = 61.6%) who completed first (November-2019 and February-2020; i.e., before the outbreak of COVID-19) and second follow-up questionnaires (March 2021, a year after the COVID-19 outbreak). Alcohol use (quantity and drinking frequency), depression and anxiety symptoms were measured. Quantity and frequency of alcohol use decreased from the pre- to post-COVID-19 period. A decrease in drinking frequency was observed among college students, but not in noncollege peers. Although we found no effect of pre-COVID-19 anxiety on alcohol use changes, those with more depressive symptoms at the pre-COVID assessment were more resistant to decreasing their drinking quantity and frequency after the COVID-19 outbreak. This information will be of value when designing interventions aimed at reducing harmful alcohol use and highlights the role of mental health status when identifying high risk populations of young-adults during this, and future, public health crises.

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Changes in Alcohol Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Young Adults: The Prospective Effect of Anxiety and Depression

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“…These latter strategies include avoiding drinking games or mixing different types of alcohol; drinking slowly rather than gulping or chugging; avoiding trying to keep up or out-drink others; and avoiding pregaming. The previous literature has consistently identified these MD strategies as having the highest predictive capacity for reducing intensive alcohol consumption and its associated consequences in comparison to SLD and SHR strategies (e.g., Fernández-Calderón et al 2021).…”

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The Protection Motivation Theory as an explanatory model for Intention to use Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategies among Young Adults

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Carmona-Márquez,

Pilatti

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Aims. This study aimed to prospectively examine the explanatory value of the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) for the intention to use MD PBS, and to explore its invariance across genders. Method. A targeted sampling procedure was used to recruit 339 young adults in the community (Mean age = 21.1; SD = 2.21; female = 50.7%) who completed baseline and 2-month follow-up measures of the constructs of the PMT and for intentions to use each of the five MD PBS. Results. The results of regression analyses revealed that the coping appraisal components (response efficacy and self-efficacy) had greater explanatory power for intention to use PBS than the threat appraisal components (perceived vulnerability and perceived severity). Perceived vulnerability to alcohol consequences was not prospectively associated with any specific behavioral intention or with the total MD PBS score. In contrast, perceived severity was prospectively associated with the intention to use three out of five PBS and the total MD score. Regression coefficients showed gender invariance for all six models. Conclusions. Our findings suggest that interventions aimed at promoting motivation to use alcohol PBS among young adults could benefit the most from including components that promote self-efficacy to use PBS and the perceived usefulness of PBS for reducing alcohol-related consequences.

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“…People who consume alcohol, use behaviours to reduce alcohol‐related negative consequences; for example, alternating alcoholic and non‐alcoholic drinks or stopping drinking at a predetermined time [3]. Numerous studies have shown that using these behaviours, conceptualised as protective behavioural strategies (PBS), is associated with less intensive drinking and fewer alcohol‐related negative consequences [3,4].…”

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“…Considering the above, this study aims to: (i) longitudinally examine the association between perceived efficacy of PBS for reducing alcohol-related negative consequences and PBS use in a community sample of young adults; and (ii) examine the moderating role of drinking motives in the relationship between perceived efficacy and PBS use. As we reported in another study [4] that alcohol consumption measures are negatively related to later PBS use, we will include these variables as control variables in the analysis. Building upon previous psychological theories that include response efficacy [9][10][11][12], and previous empirical findings [15][16][17][18], we anticipate that young adults with high perceived efficacy of PBS would report higher PBS use.…”

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A longitudinal study among young adults into the predictive effect of perceived efficacy of behavioural strategies and the moderating role of drinking motives on use of protective behavioural strategies

González-Ponce

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Batanero

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Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction. Although protective behavioural strategies (PBS) have shown to be effective in minimising alcohol-related negative consequences, research on the explanatory factors of their use is very scarce. Perceived efficacy has been demonstrated to be one of the most relevant explanatory factors in the use of health-related protective behaviours. The present study prospectively examines the relationship between the perceived efficacy of PBS in reducing alcohol-related negative consequences and the use of PBS in a community-based sample of young adults. In addition, the moderating role of drinking motives in this relationship is also examined. Methods. Prospective design with a baseline assessment and a 2-month follow up. Using a targeted sampling procedure, 339 young adults were recruited from the community [mean age: 21.1 (SD = 2.21); female = 50.7%] and completed questionnaires to measure perceived efficacy of PBS and drinking motives at baseline and PBS use at follow up. Results. Perceived efficacy of PBS at baseline was positively associated with PBS use at follow up, and these relationships were weaker as social, enhancement and coping motives scores increased. Discussion and Conclusions. Our findings support the need to include the perceived efficacy of PBS to reduce alcohol-related negative consequences in future interventions aimed at promoting PBS use. Moreover, these interventions should be personalised according to the initial levels of participants' drinking motives, incorporating elements that allow for neutralising their negative effects on PBS use (e.g. training in coping skills for those with strong coping motives). [Gonz alez-Ponce BM, Carmona-M arquez J, Díaz-Batanero C, Vera BDV, Pilatti A, Fern andez-Calder on F. A longitudinal study among young adults into the predictive effect of perceived efficacy of behavioural strategies and the moderating role of drinking motives on use of protective behavioural strategies.

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Predictive Utility of Protective Behavioral Strategies for Alcohol-Related Outcomes in a Community Sample of Young Adults

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Changes in Alcohol Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Young Adults: The Prospective Effect of Anxiety and Depression

Changes in Alcohol Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Young Adults: The Prospective Effect of Anxiety and Depression

The Protection Motivation Theory as an explanatory model for Intention to use Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategies among Young Adults

A longitudinal study among young adults into the predictive effect of perceived efficacy of behavioural strategies and the moderating role of drinking motives on use of protective behavioural strategies

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