The nature and correlates of young women's peer-directed protective behavioral strategies

Armstrong, Kerry; Watling, Hanna; Buckley, Lisa

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.01.017

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“…This finding is consistent with the literature that finds that college students perceive their peers as using fewer PBS than they themselves do, and these perceptions predict their own PBS usage (Benton et al, 2008). Furthermore, if one perceives their peers as drinking heavily, students themselves are likely to drink more (Borsari & Carey, 2003), and heavy drinking is associated with using fewer PBS (Armstrong et al, 2014). It is also possible that campus culture is more conducive to heavy drinking and students at the Southeast campus expect to drink more and believe that their close friends also drink more, as they hold more accurate views of their close reference groups .…”

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“…College students perceive their peers as using fewer PBS than they themselves do, and these perceptions predict their own PBS usage (Benton, Downey, Glider, & Benton, 2008). Additionally, if one perceives their peers as drinking heavily, students themselves are likely to drink more (Borsari & Carey, 2003), and heavy drinking is associated with using fewer PBS (Armstrong et al, 2014). Students also tend to underestimate the scope and magnitude of adverse outcomes stemming from drinking alcohol (Logan, Henry, Vaughn, Luk, & King, 2012), which could influence their lower PBS usage if students do not perceive drinking as risky.…”

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“…Much research finds that women are more likely to use PBS compared to men (LaBrie, Lac, Kenney, & Mirza, 2011;Walters et al, 2007), though one study revealed that males used more types of PBS compared to females (Zografos, Krenz, Yarmo, & Alcala, 2015). Students who drink less alcohol engage in more protective strategies (Patrick, Lee, & Larimer, 2011), whereas heavy drinkers are much less likely to utilize any type of PBS when consuming alcohol (Armstrong, Watling, & Buckley, 2014).…”

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The Role of Protective Behavioral Strategies, Social Environment, and Housing Type on Heavy Drinking among College Students

Tyler

Schmitz

Ray

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Substance Use & Misuse

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Background: Though research has examined heavy drinking by housing type, the link between type of college student housing and protective behavioral strategies (PBS) has rarely been examined comparing different college campuses. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine the role of housing type, perceptions of peer drinking, and PBS with respondent heavy drinking among undergraduate college students from one Southeastern and one Midwestern university in the United States. Methods: 1,448 college students enrolled in undergraduate courses at two public universities completed a paper and pencil survey of attitudes and experiences about dating, sexuality, and substance use. Data were analyzed using multiple group path analysis. Results: Students living in Greek housing perceived their close friends as engaging in more risky drinking and had higher rates of heavy drinking compared to those living in other housing types. The effect of perceptions of peer drinking on PBS was significantly different between campuses, as were several other indirect pathways to heavy drinking. Conclusion/Importance: Understanding more about the differing roles of college residential environments can help inform effective drinking interventions and reduce heavy drinking among college students.

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The Role of Protective Behavioral Strategies, Social Environment, and Housing Type on Heavy Drinking among College Students

Tyler

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Ray

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Substance Use & Misuse

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“…Huey et al 22 compared MST,27 an intensive home-based treatment to inpatient treatment for self-harm in children and adolescents. The intervention involved therapists teaching communication skills to parents, discussing ways to engage adolescents in prosocial activities and addressed individual and systemic barriers to effective parenting.…”

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Engaging families in the management of adolescent self-harm

Aggarwal

Patton

2018

Evid Based Mental Health

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Adolescent self-harm is an emerging public health challenge. It is associated with later psychiatric and substance use disorders, unemployment and suicide. Family interventions have been effective in a range of adolescent mental health problems and for that reason were reviewed for their effectiveness in the management of adolescent self-harm. The search identified 10 randomised and 2 non-randomised controlled trial conducted in the high-income countries. For the most part the evidence is of low quality. The interventions were classified as brief single session, intermediate-level and intensive family interventions depending on the intensity and duration of treatment. Brief interventions did not reduce adolescent self-harm. Intermediate interventions such as the Resourceful Adolescent Parent Programme, Safe Alternatives for Teens and Youth Programme and attachment-based family treatment were effective in reducing suicidal behaviour (effect size 0.72), suicide attempts (P=0.01) and suicidal ideations (effect size 0.95), respectively in the short-term with an absence of long-term follow-up data. Intensive adolescent interventions such as dialectical behaviour therapy and mentalisation-based therapy reduced suicidal ideation (effect size 0.89) and self-harm (56% vs 83%, P=0.01), respectively. The persistence of effects beyond the intervention end point is not known in many interventions. Early involvement of the family, an evaluation of the risks at the end of an acute crisis episode and a stepped-care model taking into account level of suicide risk and resources available to an adolescent and her/his family are likely to promote better outcomes in adolescents who self-harm.

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“…The social intervention approach may be particularly pertinent to young people who often drink in social situations and who value looking out for their friends (Armstrong, Watling, & Buckley, 2014). In any case for young people, peers and partners are important sources of social influences and it is this influence that could potentially be used to alter behavior.…”

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A Systematic Review of Intervening to Prevent Driving While Intoxicated: The Problem of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)

Buckley

Chapman

Lewis

2016

Substance Use & Misuse

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Background Driving while intoxicated (DWI) is a significant public health issue. The likelihood someone will intervene to prevent driving while intoxicated is affected by the characteristics of the individuals and the context of the potential driving scenario. Understanding such contexts may help tailor public health messages to promote intervening from those who are nearby to an intoxicated driver. Objective This systematic review investigates the behavior of those close to an intoxicated driver and factors associated with increasing the likelihood they will intervene in situations where driving while impaired may be likely. The review of the literature is guided by an orienting framework, namely the classic social psychology theory of decision-making proposed by Latané and Darley. Results Drawing upon this framework, the review examines the extent to which research has focused on factors which influence whether or not an individual identifies a need to intervene and identifies a serious/dangerous situation. In addition, consideration is given to perceived personal responsibility. The final two components of the model are then discussed; the perceived skill an individual who may intervene has (in their ability to intervene) and their actual enactment of the intervening behavior. Conclusions/Importance Drawing upon such a well-considered theoretical framework, this review provides guidance on key components likely to assist in the development of targeted, more effective public education messages/campaigns that dissuade individuals from drinking and then driving.

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The nature and correlates of young women's peer-directed protective behavioral strategies

Abstract: Findings indicate that personal and peer-directed PBS are related behaviors that are less frequently adopted by risky drinkers.

Cited by 9 publications

References 41 publications

The Role of Protective Behavioral Strategies, Social Environment, and Housing Type on Heavy Drinking among College Students

The Role of Protective Behavioral Strategies, Social Environment, and Housing Type on Heavy Drinking among College Students

Engaging families in the management of adolescent self-harm

A Systematic Review of Intervening to Prevent Driving While Intoxicated: The Problem of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)

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