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）：尽管在2008年的9/11后退伍军人教育援助法（通常称为“新的GI法案”）通过后，大学校园里的学生退伍军人人口将大幅增加，但对健康问题，特别是从军事生活转移到大学生活中，对健康问题的了解鲜为人知。鉴于先前的研究表明，退伍军人面临与酒精有关的问题和疾病的风险，他们进入另一个危险的环境，即繁重的饮酒型大学校园，可能会加剧这些风险，并不成比例地影响他们的福祉和调整。因此，这项研究将研究退伍军人/学生服务人员的饮酒和滥用（重新）进入大学的流行和相关性。它专门探讨了学生退伍军人与酒精相关的认知和使用模式是否不同于非军事同龄人的认知和使用方式，以及由于他们的饮酒而导致的负面结果（心理健康，社交和学术）是否也有更大比例的负面结果。该样本包括354名学生（195名退伍军人/学生服务成员； 68名ROTC学生； 91名平民学生）。数据收集将涉及基于Internet的调查，以解决与酒精相关的期望，信念，消费模式以及心理健康（例如，包括抑郁症，心理困扰，创伤后应激障碍）和学术（GPA，主要，学术自我效能感，控制基因座位））相关的相关性。还将探讨个人（例如，战斗暴露），人际关系（例如，社会支持）和制度性（例如，校园酒精文化）的饮酒预测指标。关于士兵退伍军人/学生服务成员在大学期间的饮酒和滥用的普遍性和相关性的假设将主要通过多级结构方程建模进行测试。 公共卫生相关性：本研究研究了学生服务成员在大学（重新）进入大学的饮酒/滥用的患病率和相关性。我们对确定退伍军人的饮酒模式是否与负面健康，社会和学术成果有差异性有关。这些因素的识别将为大学提供必要的见解，以开发支持计划，以帮助成功的学术和个人职能。