Reasons for drinking in the college student context: The differential role and risk of the social motivator
Reasons for drinking in the college student context: The differential role and risk of the social motivator
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DOI：
10.15288/jsad.2007.68.393
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发表时间：
2007-05-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Pedersen, Eric R.
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作者：
Labrie, Joseph W.;Hummer, Justin F.;Pedersen, Eric R.
目的：本研究探讨了两个大学年龄段样本中饮酒原因、饮酒量和酒精相关后果之间的关系。个人动机，如情绪增强和应对（紧张减少）一直被证明是预测有问题的酒精使用，但由于社会饮酒在大学的突出性质，我们假设，饮酒的社会原因将是最频繁的认可，反过来，预测负面后果。方法：两个不同的样本-19个男女同校的裁定学生违反校园酒精政策和106个男女同校的志愿者学生的大学制裁完成的措施，评估酒精消费，饮酒的原因，和后果。研究了性别之间的差异效应。结果：社会友情（SC）是最常见的认可饮酒的原因。回归分析控制以前的饮酒显示，饮酒的社会原因预测在两个样本中的女学生酒精相关的问题。此外，SC与每一个饮酒措施和问题措施在1个月的女性在裁定和志愿者组显着相关。总饮酒量，饮酒天数，和严重的情节性饮酒事件与SC的男性在裁定的样本。结论：对于女性来说，这些结果表明饮酒的社会原因与酒精相关后果之间存在关系，这是以前的研究尚未确定的。需要更多的研究来探索女性饮酒的原因，伴随的问题，以及与这些原因相关的潜在心理社会特征。
Objective: The present study examines the relationships among reasons for drinking, alcohol consumption, and alcohol-related consequences in two college-aged samples. Personal motivators such as mood enhancement and coping (tension reduction) have consistently been shown to predict problematic alcohol use, but because of the salient nature of social drinking in college, we hypothesized that social reasons for drinking would be most frequently endorsed and, in turn, predict negative consequences. Method: Two distinct samples-19 coed adjudicated students sanctioned by the university for violating campus alcohol policy and 106 co-ed volunteer students-completed measures assessing alcohol consumption, reasons for drinking, and consequences. Differential effects between genders were examined. Results: Social camaraderie (SC) was the most frequently endorsed reason for drinking. Regression analyses controlling for previous drinking revealed that social reasons for drinking predicted alcohol-related problems among female students in both samples. Additionally, SC was significantly correlated with every drinking measure and problem measure at 1 month for females in both the adjudicated and the volunteer groups. Total drinks, drinking days, and heavy episodic drinking events correlated with SC for males in the adjudicated sample. Conclusions: For females, these results suggest a relationship between social reasons for drinking and alcohol-related consequences, which previous research has not identified. More research is needed to explore females' reasons for drinking, accompanying problems, and the underlying psychosocial traits associated with these reasons.