Do we learn from our mistakes? An examination of the impact of negative alcohol-related consequences on college students' drinking patterns and perceptions
Do we learn from our mistakes? An examination of the impact of negative alcohol-related consequences on college students' drinking patterns and perceptions
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DOI：
10.15288/jsa.2006.67.269
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发表时间：
2006-03-01
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Turrisi, R
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作者：
Mallett, KA;Lee, CM;Turrisi, R
目的：很少有研究调查大学生中特定饮酒后果（呕吐、后悔性行为、宿醉、停电）的前因。这项研究探讨了学生的经验，过去的后果与他们的信念，在未来经历类似的后果，以及这些信念如何与当前的饮酒模式。方法：自我报告过去的饮酒行为，并与特定场合的后果进行了评估303（66%的女性）大学生。学生们还估计了与未来经历类似后果的风险相关的饮酒数量。结果如下：配对样本t检验表明，与上次经历相同后果时的实际自我报告的饮酒量相比，学生们显著高估了呕吐、不必要的性经历、宿醉和昏厥所需的饮酒量。此外，一系列的多元回归分析显示，更大的误解之间的感知和实际数量的饮料与每种类型的后果是一贯与酗酒。结论：结果表明，酗酒的学生没有从错误中吸取教训，而是高估了他们可以消费的酒精量，而不会产生负面影响。这些研究结果的临床意义进行了讨论，在增强针对酗酒大学生的简短干预措施。
Objective: Little research has examined antecedents of specific drinking consequences (vomiting, regretted sex, hangover, blackouts) among college students. This research examined how students' experiences of past consequences relate to their beliefs of experiencing similar consequences in the future and how these beliefs relate to current drinking patterns. Method: Self-reported past drinking behavior and resulting consequences associated with specific occasions were assessed among 303 (66% women) college students. Students also estimated number of drinks associated with risk of experiencing future similar consequences. Results: Paired-samples t tests indicated that students significantly overestimated the number of drinks it would take to vomit, have unwanted sexual experiences, experience hangovers, and black out in comparison with the actual self-reported number of drinks consumed the last time identical consequences were experienced. In addition, a series of multiple-regression analyses revealed that greater misperceptions between the perceived and actual number of drinks associated with each type of consequence were consistently associated with heavier drinking. Conclusions: Results suggest that heavier-drinking students do not learn from their mistakes but instead overestimate the amount of alcohol they can consume without experiencing negative consequences. Clinical implications of these findings are discussed in terms of augmenting brief interventions aimed at heavy-drinking college students.