Attitudes associated with alcohol and marijuana referral actions by resident assistants.
Attitudes associated with alcohol and marijuana referral actions by resident assistants.
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住院助理对酒精和大麻转介行为的态度。
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10.1007/s10935-014-0371-2
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2014
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Suzuki,Sumihiro
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作者：
Thombs,DennisL;Osborn,CynthiaJ;Rossheim,MatthewE;Suzuki,Sumihiro
这项探索性研究探讨了居民助理（RA）的态度和转介行动之间的关联，以确定培训策略，加强这些准专业人员的能力，认识和介绍大学生在他们的生活单位谁滥用酒精和大麻。本研究的假设为：（1）转介自我效能与转介规范知觉会与RA转介行为呈正相关;（2）转介障碍知觉与转介预期焦虑会与RA转介行为呈负相关。在美国不同地区的八个住宅校园共有317名RA参加了这项研究。所有参与的RA都有至少一个学期的工作经验。就在2012年秋季学期之前，RA回应了一项在线调查，评估了他们对酒精和大麻的推荐态度和推荐行为。总体而言，RA报告了相当大的焦虑接近和转介学生谁可能有酒精和/或大麻的问题。RA之间的认知转介规范表明，他人对他们的期望的看法有很大的变化，为转介学生谁可能有酒精和大麻的问题。两个多变量Logistic回归分析结果表明，转诊自我效能区分RA谁采取了酒精转诊行动和大麻转诊行动，从那些谁没有这样做。无论是RA服务的长度，也不是在校园里度过的时间与转介行动。RA培训计划可以通过一系列越来越困难的技能建设活动，在职前和在职培训期间，注意加强转诊自我效能。此外，高级住宅生活和住房专业工作人员可以考虑评估在他们的监督下RA遵循既定协议的程度，以帮助可能存在酒精和大麻问题的学生。基于证据的RA培训计划的开发将需要额外的研究。
This exploratory study examined associations between resident assistant (RA) attitudes and referral actions to identify training strategies for strengthening the ability of these paraprofessionals to recognize and refer college students in their living units who misuse alcohol and marijuana. The study’s hypotheses were that (1) referral self-efficacy and perceived referral norms would be positively associated with RA referral actions and (2) perceived referral barriers and referral anticipatory anxiety would be negatively associated with RAs’ referral actions. A total of 317 RAs at eight residential campuses in different regions of the U.S. took part in the study. All participating RAs had at least one semester of work experience. Just prior to the Fall semester of 2012, RA’s responded to an online survey that assessed their alcohol and marijuana referral attitudes and referral actions. Overall, RAs reported considerable anxiety about approaching and referring students who may have an alcohol and/or marijuana problem. Perceived referral norms among RAs indicated substantial variability in perceptions about others’ expectations of them for referring students who may have alcohol and marijuana problems. Results from two multivariable logistic regression analyses showed that referral self-efficacy distinguished RAs who took alcohol referral actions and marijuana referral actions from those who did not do so. Neither length of RA service nor time spent on campus was associated with referral actions. RA training programs could give attention to strengthening referral self-efficacy through a series of increasingly difficult skill-building activities during pre- and in-service training. In addition, senior residence life and housing professional staff may consider assessing the extent to which RAs under their supervision follow established protocols for assisting students with possible alcohol and marijuana problems. The development of evidence-based RA training programs will require additional research.