Alcohol Use and Associated Problems among Veterans and Student Service Members

退伍军人和学生服役人员的饮酒及相关问题

• 批准号: 8064541
• 负责人: Shawn David Whiteman
• 金额: $ 3.85万
• 依托单位: PURDUE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-30 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8064541
• 关键词: Address; Affect; Afghanistan; Alcohol consumption; Alcohols; Attitude; Behavior; Belief; Characteristics; Cognition; Consumption; Control Locus; Data; Data Collection; Development; Disease; Education; Endowment; Enrollment; Environment; Equation; Expectancy; Exposure to; Foundations; Frequencies; Funding; Goals; Health; Health Services; Individual; Institution; Internet; Investigation; Iraq; Life; Link; Measurement; Mental Depression; Mental Health; Military Personnel; Modeling; Motivation; Outcome; Pattern; Personal Satisfaction; Population; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders; Predisposition; Prevalence; Psychological Stress; Reporting; Research; Research Project Grants; Risk; Sampling; Self Efficacy; Services; Social support; Students; Surveys; Symptoms; Testing; Universities; Veterans; War; Woman; alcohol behavior; alcohol related problem; base; behavior influence; college; combat; drinking; emotional trauma; experience; insight; interest; member; operation; peer; programs; psychological distress; public health relevance; social; success

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite the fact that student veteran populations on college campuses stand to dramatically increase following the passage of the Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Act of 2008 (commonly referred to as the "new GI Bill"), little is known about the health issues, specifically alcohol-related, of veterans as they shift from military life to college life. Given that previous research suggests that veterans are at risk for developing alcohol-related problems and disorders, their entry into another hazardous environment, the heavy-alcohol consuming college campus, may exacerbate these risks and disproportionately affect their well-being and adjustment. Therefore, this study will examine the prevalence and correlates of military veterans'/student service members' alcohol use and abuse following (re)entry into college. It specifically explores whether student veterans' alcohol-related cognitions and patterns of use differ from those of their non-military peers, as well as whether they also experience a greater proportion of negative outcomes (mental health, social, and academic) as a result of their alcohol use. The sample includes 354 students (195 veterans/student service members; 68 ROTC students; 91 civilian students). Data collection will involve internet-based surveys addressing alcohol-related expectancies, beliefs, consumption patterns, as well as mental health (e.g., including depression, psychological distress, posttraumatic stress disorder) and academic (GPA, major, academic self-efficacy, locus of control) related correlates. Individual (e.g., combat exposure), interpersonal (e.g., social support), and institutional (e.g., campus alcohol culture) predictors of alcohol use will also be explored. Hypotheses regarding the prevalence and correlates of military veterans'/student service members' alcohol use and abuse during college will be primarily tested via multi-level structural equations modeling. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This study examines prevalence and correlates of student service members' alcohol use/abuse following (re)entry into college. We have particular interest in establishing whether veterans' alcohol use patterns are differentially linked to negative health, social, and academic outcomes. Identification of these factors will provide universities with necessary insight for the development of support programming to aid in successful academic and personal functioning of this special sub-group.

描述(由申请人提供)：尽管随着2008年《后9/11退伍军人教育援助法案》(通常被称为《新退伍军人法案》)的通过，大学校园里的退伍军人学生人数将大幅增加，但人们对退伍军人从军队生活转向大学生活的健康问题，特别是与酒精有关的问题知之甚少。鉴于之前的研究表明，退伍军人有患上与酒精相关的问题和障碍的风险，他们进入另一个危险的环境--酗酒的大学校园--可能会加剧这些风险，并不成比例地影响他们的幸福感和适应能力。因此，这项研究将调查退伍军人/学生军人在进入大学后饮酒和虐待的患病率及其相关性。它具体探讨了退伍军人学生与酒精相关的认知和使用模式是否与非军事同龄人不同，以及他们是否也因饮酒而经历了更大比例的负面后果(心理健康、社交和学业)。样本包括354名学生(195名退伍军人/学生服务人员；68名后备军人学生；91名文职学生)。数据收集将涉及基于互联网的调查，涉及与酒精相关的预期、信念、消费模式以及心理健康(例如，抑郁、心理困扰、创伤后应激障碍)和学术(GPA、专业、学业自我效能、控制点)相关因素。还将探索酒精使用的个人(例如，战斗暴露)、人际(例如，社会支持)和机构(例如，校园酒精文化)预测因素。关于退伍军人/学生服役人员在大学期间饮酒和滥用酒精的流行率及其相关性的假设将主要通过多层结构方程建模进行检验。 公共卫生相关性：这项研究调查了学生服务人员在进入(重新)大学后使用/滥用酒精的流行率及其相关性。我们特别感兴趣的是确定退伍军人的酒精使用模式是否与负面的健康、社会和学术结果存在不同的联系。查明这些因素将为大学制定支助方案提供必要的洞察力，以帮助这一特殊分组在学术和个人方面的成功运作。