Longitudinal examination of alcohol use motives, item-level protective behavioral strategies, and alcohol-related consequences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol misuse among college students is a public health concern. Protective behavioral strategies (PBS) can be used before, during, after, or instead of drinking to reduce alcohol use and negative consequences, but findings on their utility at the aggregate level are mixed. Although recent work has provided important information on the performance of individual PBS items, it is limited by research designs that are cross-sectional, do not examine consequences, or do not examine other important correlates, such as drinking motives. This study examines both the association between item-level PBS and alcohol-related negative consequences and the moderating effect of drinking motives longitudinally.

Methods

College students from two universities (n = 200, 62.5% female

SUBMITTER: Schultz NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11292804 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature