Download or read book Examining Personal and Environmental Factors Related to the Co occurrence of Heavy Episodic Drinking and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among College Students written by Sarah Elizabeth Rush and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The co-occurrence of heavy episodic drinking (HED) and disordered eating behaviors (DEB) is both common and dangerous. Because of its' high prevalence and subsequent link to negative health outcomes, these behaviors have attracted the recent attention of university administrators, researchers, and clinicians. Additionally, sexual objectification and self-objectification have become prominent issues in our society that are impossible to escape and are associated with many negative behaviors. To date, most campus programs do not target these behaviors within the context of a reciprocal relationship and no existing campus programs target these behaviors in light of objectification. The main purpose of this study is to examine objectification-related personal and environmental factors associated with the co-occurrence of HED and DEBs in college students. The present study utilized a quantitative, cross-sectional design (n=667) and classroom survey research. Overall, 276 (41.4 percent) respondents reported being engaging in co-occurring HED and DEBs in the past month and a total of 97.9 percent (653 participants) of the sample reported experiencing sexual objectification within the past year. Alcohol outcome expectancies were the strongest predictor of co-occurrence of HED and DEBs (B;=1.015; p

Download or read book Binge Drinking and Restrictive Eating in College Students written by Nicole Youre and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Substance abuse and disordered eating are two problems that greatly impact college students. There are a number of negative consequences associated with both of these issues. However, relatively limited research has looked at the co-occurrence of these issues and the reasons why college students engage in them. This study examines the co-occurrence of caloric restriction on planned drinking days in a college population, a phenomenon sometimes known as drunkorexia. This study used an internet survey to assess this behavior in the college population. The results indicate that individuals who restrict their caloric intake on planned drinking days also have higher disordered eating attitudes, endorse higher levels of problem drinking symptoms, and are more likely to binge drink. The most frequently endorsed motive by college students for engaging in this behavior was to avoid weight gain. Upperclassmen are more likely to engage in drunkorexia-like behavior than any other demographic factors assessed. Mental health practitioners must assess for this behavior, particularly in college-counseling centers, and more skills-based, motivational interviewing interventions would likely be beneficial.

Download or read book UNLEASHING THE WILD SELF written by Suman Mishra and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective: The study examined alcohol consumption among college women ages 18 to 24. It helped to answer who, when, what, why and how much college women drink. It also examined how "girls gone wild" kinds of portrayals influence college women in excessive drinking and "outrageous" behaviors. Theory: A combination of drench hypothesis (Greenberg, 1988) and social cognitive theory (Bandura, 2001) was used as the guiding framework to understand the dynamic relationship of environmental and personal factors in learning and imitating behaviors seen in the media. Method: Two online studies were conducted. The first study was a structured interview conducted with 38 women and 29 men. Study 2 was a survey. A total of 449 college women took part in the survey. Some men (N=174) also took part in the study to provide men's opinions and some perspective on women who drink and behave outrageously. Results: The survey results show that 42% (N=169) of college women in the sample engage in heavy episodic drinking every weekend at house parties. As a result, some have gotten into fights, missed classes, experienced hangovers and vomiting, and have driven drunk. Nearly 14% (N=55) of the women in the study reported being sexually assaulted while they were drunk. In addition, the findings of the study shows that "girls gone wild" kinds of portrayals are perceived in different ways by different college women. Most college women view the behaviors as negative. However, some college women do evaluate the portrayals as positive. These women are likely to engage in similar outrageous behaviors. The "girls gone wild" kinds of portrayals are less likely to influence alcohol consumption among college women. A multiple regression analysis showed that outrageous behavior correlated with self-control, sexual outcome expected, positive evaluation of the "girls gone wild" portrayals and sensation seeking tendencies. Drinking on the other hand correlated only with sensation seeking tendencies and how much value was placed by the respondents on being social. The findings of the study also show that men assess drunken women as vulnerable and "easy." Conclusion: Interventions that include strategies for better self-regulation and explaining of potential negative outcomes are likely to be effective in drinking and drinking-related behaviors. Media literacy programs might help in critical evaluation of media content and thus reduce its negative influence.

Download or read book Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students BASICS written by Linda A. Dimeff and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 1999-01-08 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This instructive manual presents a pragmatic and clinically proven approach to the prevention and treatment of undergraduate alcohol abuse. The BASICS model is a nonconfrontational, harm reduction approach that helps students reduce their alcohol consumption and decrease the behavioral and health risks associated with heavy drinking. Including numerous reproducible handouts and assessment forms, the book takes readers step-by-step through conducting BASICS assessment and feedback sessions. Special topics covered include the use of DSM-IV criteria to evaluate alcohol abuse, ways to counter student defensiveness about drinking, and obtaining additional treatment for students with severe alcohol dependency. Note about Photocopy Rights: The Publisher grants individual book purchasers nonassignable permission to reproduce selected figures, information sheets, and assessment instruments in this book for professional use. For details and limitations, see copyright page.

Download or read book Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Depression Negative Affect and High Risk Drinking written by Amanda Mckenzie Carroll and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rates of substance use with comorbid depression have been extensively studied in the general population and in the young adult population. However, little is known about the prevalence of the comorbidity of these two disorders in the college student population. The current study examined this issue among entering college freshman at a Bay Area University (M= 18 years old). Current drinking pattern, depressive symptomology, negative affect and alcohol expectancies were assessed. Preliminary analysis indicated that 11. l % of participants met criteria for co-occurring Heavy Episodic Drinking (HED) and depression, 58.8% met criteria for HED, and 19% met criteria for Depression. The participants were stratified into four groups (HED, Depression, HED and Depression, neither) and Chi-Square and one-way ANOVAs with post hoc LSD tests were used as analyses. Significant differences were found on alcohol characteristics (quantity, related problems, age of initiation). Post hoc tests revealed that the HED group reported higher quantity and related problems than the depression group. There was no significant difference between the co-occurring group and the HED group. Significant differences were found on the demographic variables. Post hoc tests revealed a significant difference between the co-occurring group and the HED group on the ethnicity variable (Caucasian or non-Caucasian). No significant differences were found in regards to gender or Greek Affiliation. No differences were found with regard to alcohol expectancies or negative affect. Results provide the point prevalence rate for co-occurring heavy episodic drinking in college students suggest possible demographic and alcohol characteristic associated.

Download or read book College Student Alcohol Abuse written by Christopher J. Correia and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential evidence-based strategies for the prevention and reduction of alcohol abuse among college students With contributions from notable substance abuse researchers, this practical guide presents clear strategies for prevention of and interventions for alcohol abuse in the college-age population. Ranging from community-based prevention programs to individual, motivational, and interview-based approaches, College Student Alcohol Abuse explores: The leading theories used to conceptualize college student drinking and related problems, with an emphasis on the clinical implications of each perspective Epidemiology of student drug use including illicit drugs and nonmedical use of prescription drugs The spectrum of empirically supported prevention programs with a focus on best practices and materials How to conduct assessments and create intervention programs for students with substance abuse problems A must-have resource for every college administrator, resident staff member, and addiction counselor who works with this unique population, College Student Alcohol Abuse translates the latest research findings and interventions into clear and evidence-based strategies for assessing and treating college students who are abusing alcohol.

Download or read book A Study of the Individual Factors that Contribute to Alcohol Related Risk in College Students written by Latasha Yvonne Hicks-Becton and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Collegiate alcohol use is a growing concern. Though alcohol use is often considered normative with this population, it is associated with negative consequences including unwanted sexual contact and suicidality (Core Institute, 2013) and as criminal charges for status offenses or driving under the influence. Often, offenses that occur on or near campus are diverted from the criminal justice system and addressed through the student conduct process. University officials mandate students who violate alcohol and/or drug (AOD) policy to interventions designed to reduce alcohol consumption and related negative consequences, yet these interventions are not always successful at doing so (e.g. Bernstein et al., 2017; Borsari et al., 2012, 2016). Variability in the process of assigning students to mandated interventions (e.g. Amaro et al., 2009; Bernstein et al., 2017; Juhnke et al., 2002), prevents assessment of the way intervention assignment practices influence alcohol related outcomes. Moreover, there is no empirically derived method of assigning students to interventions. In the last decade, however, alcohol consumption (frequency of heavy episodic dinking) and experience of alcohol-related consequences measured on the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (YAACQ; Read, Kahler, Strong, & Colder, 2006) have been used in research studies to determine risk prior to intervention assignment (Bernstein et al., 2017; Borsari, 2005; Borsari et al., 2016). Although this is a step in the right direction, using solely alcohol consumption and consequences does not fully account for the context of the student's life or experiences. Risk has also been determined using scores from the Alcohol Use Disorders Test (AUDIT; Saunders, Aasland, Babor, de la Fuente, & Grant, 1993, Carey, Carey, Maisto, & Henson, 2009); however, this method also fails to consider other factors that contribute to risk ratings among college students (e.g., history of AOD use, family history, drinking motives, and demographic factors such as sex, race, Greek affiliation). While researchers exploring the impact of risk-based assignment to interventions is emerging, knowledge of the impact of this assignment process is limited. And, though these interventions assigned based on risk demonstrated some effectiveness, they do not facilitate improvement for all students (Bernstein et al., 2017; Borsari et al., 2016). Researchers have called for a more multifaceted set of variables to determine risk (Borsari et al., 2016) and assign interventions in order to improve study outcomes, and until now, no such model has been explored. The purpose of this study was to explore a comprehensive model that takes into account the individual inter- and intrapersonal factors that contribute to risk. Using stepwise logistic regression, this study identified a combination of factors to be used for risk rating determination among a convenience sample of collegiate drinkers. This study also sought to understand differences between risk groups. Risk ratings may be used to assign students to alcohol interventions to improve effectiveness and resource allocation. This calculated risk rating can be used to determine intervention type/assignment, and improve intervention outcomes consistent with Mallet, Bachrach, and Turissi's (2009) suggestion that interventions for risky drinkers may be enhanced or improved by incorporating more variables (for example intrapersonal variables) that are closely related to intervention outcomes. This study was a first step in efforts to understand how individual factors including demographic factors and intrapersonal factors, interact to explain current and future risk. Collegiate undergraduates aged 18-25 years old responded to a questionnaire about demographic characteristics, motives for drinking, alcohol-related consequences, and patterns of alcohol consumption. Results of the study indicate individual factors such as freshman classification, biological sex, and motives for drinking may be appropriate screening variables as they are more likely to predict alcohol-related risk than other individual factors including alcohol citation history. These findings are consistent with previous research that identify class year, sex, and drinking motives as predictive of risky alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. Implications for counselors and student affairs staff are discussed in the context of program development and implementation. Keywords: college, alcohol, sanction, intervention, risk, hazardous drinking, AUDIT, YAACQ, alcohol consumption, alcohol-related consequences, risk-based assignment."--Abstract from author supplied metadata

Download or read book The Role of Relationship Status Changes in College Students Heavy Episodic Drinking written by Suzanne Zalewski and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beginning of college is a period in which increased alcohol use often coincides with greater involvement in romantic relationships. Existing literature yields inconsistent findings regarding the influence of different relationship statuses on drinking behavior, perhaps because these studies have not accounted for recent changes in the way college students engage in dating/sexual relationships. In the current college environment, many students who define themselves as non-daters are nonetheless sexually active, a phenomenon referred to as the 'hook up' culture. The present study sought to address this issue by examining the effects of both relationship status and sexual activity on heavy episodic drinking (HED) among 1,467 college students over the course of their first three semesters. Results indicated that the effects of relationship status depended on whether or not an individual was sexually active. Non-dating but sexually active students reported rates of heavy drinking comparable to students who defined themselves as casual daters, but non-dating students who were not sexually active reported drinking behavior similar to those involved in committed relationships. Further, transitions between low and high risk relationship/sexual activity statuses were associated with corresponding changes in HED. Transitioning into a high risk status was associated with greater levels of heavy episodic drinking, whereas transitioning into a low risk status was associated with decreases in this behavior. Together, results indicate that engaging in nonexclusive dating or sexual relationships may play an important role in the development of problematic patterns of alcohol use during the early college years. These findings have potentially important implications both for future research and for prevention and intervention efforts targeting high risk college drinkers.

Download or read book An Event level Analysis of Drinking Behaviors in College Freshmen written by Anne Elizabeth Ray and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that alcohol use is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States and results in approximately 79,000 deaths annually. College students are at particular risk of alcohol-related consequences due to their heavy drinking tendencies, with multiple studies indicating over 40% of students engage in the practice of binge drinking. Although there have been some promising findings with respect to programs that serve to reduce alcohol use and limit associated harm, researchers note the pressing need for the continued examination of etiological variables that can improve prevention efforts. Two important predictors of drinking outcomes identified in both the etiological and prevention literature are protective and risk behaviors students engage in while drinking. Although associations between drinking-related protective and risk behaviors and drinking outcomes have been well studied on their own, there is a lack of research examining how both types of behaviors operate collectively. Further, these variables are often assessed globally, such that students are asked to report their typical, or average use of these behaviors. Thus, it is unclear as to what types of protective and risk behaviors are most influential of drinking outcomes, whether these associations are consistent across multiple drinking events, and whether the use of these variables is consistent from one drinking event to the next. Accordingly, there were three aims of the dissertation: (1) to examine the collective influence of individual drinking-related protective and risk behaviors on alcohol use and related consequences using a global assessment, (2) to examine the stability of drinking-related protective and risk behaviors over time, as well as relationships between these variables, alcohol use, and related consequences using an event-level assessment, and (3) to examine whether gender differences exist in the use of protective and risk behaviors over time. Several findings emerged from the current study. Results of the global analysis revealed pacing protective behaviors, and drinking to get drunk, mixing, and mass consumption risk behaviors accounted for significant, unique variance in drinking outcomes. Results of the event-level analysis revealed that use of individual protective and risk behavior constructs were stable over time, however the associations between individual protective and risk behavior constructs, alcohol use, and consequences varied. Finally, results of the test for gender differences indicated that use of protective and risk behaviors over time was equivalent between males and females, with the exception of social protective behaviors and drinking to get drunk risk behaviors. Findings reinforce the importance of including components in prevention programs that aim to increase the use protective behaviors and decrease the use of risk behaviors, and also highlight the need for additional research that examines context-specific predictors of these constructs. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest llc. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.].

Download or read book Exploring Substance Use Mental Health and Safety Among College Students At Four Year Public Institutions written by Akeisha Young and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Substance use and misuse among college students has presented unique challenges for institutions of higher education. As such, this three-article dissertation sought to examine and explore antecedent factors, such as student demographics, protective behavior strategies, mental health, academic performance, and how they interact with alcohol consumption, including heavy episodic drinking. Using the 2015 2019 American College Health Association National College Health Assessment II (ACHA-NCHA II) data cohorts, the first article examined the factor structure of the items assessing protective behavioral strategies and mental health through exploratory factor analysis using principle component analysis. Building upon the first article, the second article used the factor solution found in the previous article to include in structural equation model analyses to assess the indirect and direct effects of the predictor variables of interest on academic performance. Moving from the empirical articles, the third article focused on a higher education practitioner's perspective of the current status of collegiate recovery centers and how results from analyses in the previous two articles inform how higher education professionals and administrators should combat the increasingly alarming issues with substance use prevalent among college students. This three-article dissertation concluded with discussions on future directions for research as well as implications and recommendations for practitioners and policy in institutions of higher education.

Download or read book Perceived Norms Alcohol Outcome Expectancies and Collegiate Drinking written by Edward Wahesh and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hazardous drinking among university students remains a significant public health crisis on college campuses. According to the Core Institute (2012), nearly 44% of college students reported heavy episodic drinking during the previous two weeks. Alcohol use results in numerous problems experienced by college students, including impaired driving and death (Hingson, Zha, & Weitzman, 2009). In response, there has been a call within the literature to develop theoretically derived mediation models to investigate the complex array of variables that influence collegiate drinking behaviors (Baer, 2002; Oei & Morawska, 2004). By examining the multiple pathways of alcohol use, tailored interventions can be designed that target appropriate contributing factors for high-risk drinking groups (Dowdall & Wechsler, 2002). The purpose of this study was to test a model of collegiate drinking comprised of several key determinants of alcohol use: descriptive norms, injunctive norms, positive alcohol outcome expectancies, negative alcohol outcome expectancies, and four types of drinking motives (coping, conformity, social reinforcement, and enhancement). The motivational model of alcohol use (Cox & Klinger, 1988, 2011) was used as a framework for conceptualizing the unique role that each variable played in contributing to drinking outcome variables (alcohol use intensity and alcohol-related negative consequences). It was posited that drinking motives would fully mediate the associations between psychosocial determinants of drinking (social norms and alcohol outcome expectancies) and drinking outcome variables. Path analysis was utilized to examine associations among the variables and to assess the fit of the hypothesized model with a sample of 445 full-time undergraduates between the ages of 18 and 24 years old. A final, revised model accounted for 45% of the variance in both alcohol use intensity and alcohol-related negative consequences. Whereas enhancement drinking motives and social norms variables emerged as important predictors of alcohol use intensity, negative drinking motives acted as key predictors of alcohol-related negative consequences. Results of bootstrapping analyses indicated that drinking motives significantly mediated the indirect relationships between several psychosocial determinants and drinking outcome variables. Multiple group tests of invariance indicated that the revised model was an acceptable fit among male and female students as well as underclassmen and upperclassmen. Several implications for counselors and counselor educators were gleaned from the results. In the future, researchers should design and evaluate targeted interventions that are tailored for college drinkers based on their primary motives for alcohol consumption."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.

Download or read book Beyond Heavy Episodic Drinking written by Brian Hardin Calhoun and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol use commonly begins during high school, increases and peaks in the early twenties, and then decreases during young adulthood as individuals transition into adult work and social roles. The peak in alcohol use trajectories during the early twenties is particularly pronounced for college students. Although many heavy drinking college students mature out of this behavior, some develop patterns of heavy drinking that continue into adulthood and which may lead to serious health and/or developmental problems, such as alcohol use disorder. Heavy episodic drinking (HED), or women/men consuming four/five or more drinks in a row, is the most widely used indicator of heavy college drinking, and has been shown to predict an array of negative consequences across multiple domains. However, research is increasingly showing that some students drink at levels far beyond this threshold on many occasions. Recent findings have also demonstrated that drinking in specific contexts, such as when pregaming, is associated with HED and can be particularly risky. This dissertation sought to advance research on heavy college drinking by demonstrating the need for researchers to better differentiate among levels of drinking and to more fully consider the effects of HED in certain situations, such as before going out (Pregame HED) and during the daytime (Day Drinking). Data came from the University Life Study which followed first-year, first-time, full-time college students under the age of 21 at a large, land grant university (N = 736, M = 18.44 years old, SD = .43 years). Students were selected using a stratified random sampling technique that resulted in a balanced sample in regard to gender (50.8% female) and four major race/ethnicity groups (25.1% Hispanic/Latinx, 15.7% African American non-Hispanic [NH], 23.3% Asian American/Pacific Islander NH, 27.4% European American NH, and 8.5% multiracial NH). A longitudinal measurement-burst design was used in which students completed a longer web-based survey and up to 14 consecutive web-based daily surveys in each of their first seven semesters (3 years) of college.Paper 1 introduces the concept of Pregame HED, or getting drunk before going out, and tested whether students were more likely to engage in high-intensity drinking (HID; i.e., double the HED threshold) and risky behaviors and whether they experienced more negative consequences on Pregame HED days than on days they consumed a more moderate amount of drinks while pregaming (N = 4,454 drinking days nested within N = 521 students who reported drinking on at least one occasion in Semesters 4-7 when data on pregaming were available). Multilevel models nesting days within semesters within persons contrasted Pregame HED days, that is, days students got drunk before going out, with drinking days on which they consumed a more moderate amount of alcohol while pregaming. Pregame HED was reported by 41% of drinkers and on 15% of drinking days and 38% of pregaming days. Students were more likely to engage in HID and to use illegal drugs and experienced more negative consequences on Pregame HED days than on Moderate Pregaming days. Similar to past research, students were more likely to engage in HID, experience negative consequences, play drinking games, and mix alcohol with energy drinks on Moderate Pregaming days than on Non-Pregaming drinking days.Paper 2 introduces the concept of Day Drinking, or drinking that begins during the daytime (i.e., between 6:00 AM and 3:45 PM), and tested whether students were more likely to engage in HED, HID, and risky behaviors and whether they experienced more negative consequences on Day Drinking days than on days drinking began during the evening or nighttime (N = 7,549 drinking days nested within 618 student drinkers). Day Drinking was reported by 50% of drinkers and on 9% of drinking days across the study. Results of multilevel models nesting days within semesters within persons showed that students were more likely to engage in HED and HID, play drinking games, and use illegal drugs on Day Drinking days than on Nighttime-Only drinking days. Students who reported Day Drinking more frequently were more likely to report HED, HID, mixing alcohol with energy drinks, and negative consequences of alcohol use on drinking days across the study.Paper 3 tested whether three novel risky drinking indicators (HID, Day Drinking, and Pregame HED) predicted medium-term health, legal, and academic consequences, beyond associations with HED (N = 473 student drinkers). Logistic and negative binomial regressions tested whether risky drinking behaviors earlier in college predicted consequences several years later by fourth year of college. Results showed that Pregame HED in the middle of college predicted greater alcohol-related problems and a hazardous and harmful pattern of drinking, independent of HED, in fourth year. First-year HID independently predicted a hazardous and harmful pattern of drinking in fourth year, whereas first-year Day Drinking was not independently associated with any of the four outcomes. Supplemental analyses demonstrated that Pregame HED and HID provided greater specificity in predicting medium-term consequences than HED, and HED provided greater sensitivity.Taken together, this dissertation highlights how common these three extreme, yet understudied, risky drinking behaviors were among the traditionally-aged, full-time students in this multi-ethnic sample from a large, land grant university. This work demonstrates the importance of better differentiating among levels of alcohol consumption and of considering the context in which heavy drinking occurs. By only using single, dichotomous indicators of risky drinking (i.e., HED or any pregaming), researchers fail to capture much of the unique variance that predicts both acute and distal outcomes. It is argued that by using the three novel indicators of risky drinking assessed here (i.e., Pregame HED, Day Drinking, and HID) in conjunction with the broader and more widely used HED and any pregaming indicators, researchers will be able to better identify nuances in the associations between risky college drinking and its correlates and consequences, such as whether particular correlates and consequences are more a result of the amount of alcohol consumed or whether it is the situation in which it is consumed that is particularly conducive to that behavior or consequence. This dissertation illustrated this type of nuanced association by showing that the amount of alcohol consumed while pregaming predicted the number of negative consequences students experienced, whereas students likelihood of playing drinking games was predicted by pregame drinking more generally, regardless of amount. Future work could use a similar analytic technique to assess nuances in other correlates and consequences of risky college drinking.

Download or read book The Role of Impulsivity Affect and Expectations in Alcohol Use and Disordered Eating written by Teresa Kathleen Monreal and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol use and eating disorders are a major public health concern for women in late adolescence and early adulthood. Emotion based impulsivity represents one process by which the experience of strong emotions may generally predispose some individuals to engage in rash behavior, including dysfunctional eating and drinking. In two sessions, the present study examined positive and negative urgency in relationship to dysfunctional eating and drinking, cognitive expectations about food and alcohol, affect regulation variables, and as a potential correlate of a behavioral task. 1,060 undergraduate college females were examined on measures of impulsivity, expectations, affect lability, depression, alcohol use, alcohol-related problems, and disordered eating; 190 returned for a second session involving a behavioral task following mood manipulation. Among this sample of young adult college females, greater levels of negative urgency were affiliated with alcohol related consequences and disordered eating, above and beyond other sub-facets of impulsivity, depressive symptoms, and volatile affect. Negative urgency was especially heightened among females with co-occurring problem drinking and disordered eating symptoms, versus non-disordered controls and females with either set of symptoms alone. While positive urgency was related to alcohol-related problems above and beyond use rates, it did not add significant predictive power after controlling for other impulsivity sub-facets. Results demonstrate the urgency traits are unique predictors of disordered eating and problematic drinking, independent of depression and affect lability. Females who were elevated on the urgency traits and who held expectations regarding the reinforcing properties of food and alcohol tended to experience the greatest levels of dysfunction. Session two results indicated that while errors of commission on the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) were affiliated with increased levels of lack of premeditation when individuals were in neutral mood states, SART responding was unrelated to self reported impulsivity in positive or negative mood states. This study supplements research on the mechanisms and risk factors that underlie these disorders, and has clinical implications for mental health assessment, prevention and treatment.

Download or read book Binge Drinking Among Undergraduate Students written by Sean Esteban McCabe and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book College Students Binge Drinking Factors written by Jenna L. Willems and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract. Binge drinking, a form of excessive alcohol consumption, is a behavior most common among college students worldwide. Past research has shown this practice to have many negative consequences as well as changing fads and trends. Objective. The purpose of this study was to assess the individual and environmental characteristics that affect excessive alcohol consumption behaviors and trends through the framework of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Participants. A total of 445 undergraduate students from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse participated in the study in March-April of 2014. Participants completed surveys consisting of demographic items as well as items related to alcohol consumption, Theory of Planned Behavior constructs, self-efficacy, and social belonging. Methods. Data were analyzed using logistic regression and analysis of variance. Results. Results indicated a significant correlation between binge drinking and subjective norm, positive attitude, self-efficacy, and behavioral intention to binge drink. Conclusions. Future binge drinking interventions should target 21-22-year-old college students through strategies related to changing perceptions regarding social approval and expectations, attitudes toward binge drinking, and intentions to binge drink.

Download or read book Exploring Psychological Distress and Impulsivity as Predictors of Problematic Alcohol Or Drug Use Among Undergraduate College Students written by Stephanie R. Maccombs and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The misuse of alcohol and other drugs has a significant negative impact worldwide, in the United States, and particularly among vulnerable young adults. Undergraduate college students face additional risks for alcohol or drug use due to the significant transitions occurring in their personal, social, and environmental lives. The consequences of alcohol or drug use to the college student population and relevant stakeholders are well documented. To prevent and mitigate the negative consequences of college students’ alcohol or drug use, it is essential to understand factors that predict those behaviors. More specifically, it imperative to understand factors that predict alcohol or drug use that results in negative consequences, or problematic use. Psychological distress and impulsivity have been identified as predictors of other high-risk behaviors among college students, but their predictability of problematic alcohol or drug use among the undergraduate college student is not yet fully understood. Gaps in the literature regarding the psychological distress, impulsivity, and substance-using behaviors among this population include a lack of focus on drugs other than alcohol, a lack of differentiation between problematic and non-problematic use, and significant variability in the definitions and operationalization of alcohol and drug use related variables. The primary purpose of the present study with 481 participants was to investigate whether psychological distress (i.e., depression, anxiety, and stress) and impulsivity among undergraduate college students between the ages of 18 and 25 could predict problematic alcohol or drug use. A secondary aim of this study was to determine whether there was a relationship between problematic alcohol use and problematic drug use. Findings indicated that impulsivity was predictive of problematic alcohol use, and depression and impulsivity were predictive of problematic drug use. Neither anxiety nor stress were predictive of problematic alcohol or drug use among this sample. Findings also indicated a statistically significant small to moderate association between problematic alcohol use and problematic drug use.