Do protective behavioral strategies mediate the relationship between drinking motives and alcohol use in college students?
Do protective behavioral strategies mediate the relationship between drinking motives and alcohol use in college students?
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保护性行为策略对大学生饮酒动机和饮酒之间的关系是否有中介作用？
DOI：
10.15288/jsad.2007.68.106
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Cimini, M. Dolores
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作者：
Martens, Matthew P.;Ferrier, Amanda G.;Cimini, M. Dolores
目的：大学生酗酒是美国大学校园中的一个公共健康问题。保护性行为策略（PBS）的使用已被证明与减少酒精使用和减少酒精相关问题有关，但PBS与其他酒精相关结构的关系尚不清楚。本研究的目的是确定PBS的使用是否介导了积极和消极强化饮酒动机与酒精使用和酒精相关问题之间的关系。方法：收集了美国东北部一所大型公立大学的254名本科生的数据。大约三分之一（n = 90）的参与者是志愿者，而其余的人参加研究是为了满足与酒精有关的校园司法制裁的选择。结果：结构方程模型分析表明，PBS的使用部分介导了积极强化（即社会和增强）饮酒动机与酒精使用和酒精相关问题之间的关系。PBS的使用并未介导负强化（即应对）饮酒动机与酒精使用或酒精相关问题之间的关系。理论模型解释了26%的酒精使用差异和24%的酒精相关问题差异。结论：本研究建议将PBS纳入理解大学生饮酒的理论模型中。
Objective: Heavy alcohol use among college students represents a public health problem on American college campuses. Use of protective behavioral strategies (PBS) has been shown to be related to reduced alcohol use and fewer alcohol-related problems, but the relationship of PBS to other alcohol-related constructs is unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of PBS mediated the relationship between positively and negatively reinforcing drinking motives and both alcohol use and alcohol-related problems.Method: Data were collected on 254 undergraduate students at a large, public university in the northeast region of the United States. Approximately one third (n = 90) of the participants were volunteers, whereas the remaining individuals enrolled in the study as an option for satisfying an alcohol-related campus judicial sanction.Results: Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that use of PBS partially mediated the relationships between positively reinforcing (i.e., social and enhancement) drinking motives and both alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. Use of PBS did not mediate the relationship between negatively reinforcing (i.e., coping) drinking motives and alcohol use or alcohol-related problems. The theoretical models accounted for 26% of the variance in alcohol use and 24% of the variance in alcohol-related problems.Conclusions: This study suggests that PBS should be incorporated into theoretical models devoted to understanding college student drinking.