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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"alcohol-related problems"”.
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Protective Behavioral Strategy Subtypes as Moderators of the Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Problems
… reducing negative consequences from consuming alcohol (Martens et al., 2005; Martens et al., 2008). Research has shown that frequent protective behavioral strategy use buffers the relationship between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems (Borden et al., 2011), and that gender …
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The Effects of Religious Coping and Drinking to Cope on the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Alcohol-Related Problems
… the relationship between depressive symptoms and alcohol-related problems. Furthermore, the current study examined the moderating effects of positive and negative religious coping in the context of the confirmed mediation of drinking to cope on depression and alcohol related problems (i.e., …
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Testing Theoretical Relationships among Alcohol Use, Drinking to Cope, Mood Regulation Expectancies, and Depression
… mood regulation expectancies, coping motives for alcohol use, alcohol use, and alcohol-related problems allowing for cross-sectional and prospective examinations of theoretically derived hypotheses regarding motivational models for alcohol use and related problems in a college population. Using …
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Acculturation, Peer Influence, Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategies, and Alcohol Use and Related Problems among Asian and Pacific Islander College Students
Despite popular perceptions, rates of alcohol use have gradually increased in Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) college students. Both acculturation and peer influence have been identified as factors contributing to variations in drinking behavior among this population. However, less is …
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Social Anxiety as a Risk Factor of Sexual Victimization in College Women
… decreasing sexual assertiveness and increasing alcohol-related problems. College women (n = 690) completed an online survey that assessed social interaction anxiety, sexual assertiveness, alcohol-related problems, and a variety of types of sexual victimization, in addition to other measures. …
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Perceived Norms about Coping-Motivated Drinking Mediate the Relations Between Social Anxiety and Alcohol Use and Related Problems
… anxiety has been shown to be a risk factor for alcohol-related problems among emerging adults. Perceived norms may be a relevant cognitive factor underlying this risk; however, previous literature has focused mostly on broad norms about alcohol use in general and not on norms about specific …
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College Students’ Alcohol Use and Related Problems: What Makes Religiousness a Protective Factor?
<p>Excessive alcohol use has been recognized as a critical health hazard for college students, particularly for members of social fraternities and sororities. Religiousness and Spirituality (R/S) has received substantial support as a protective factor for alcohol use across many populations. The …
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Coping Motives as a Mediator of the Relationship between Trauma Exposure and Substance Misuse in South African Adolescents
… community violence) and different forms of problems related to substance use (alcohol and marijuana) in a sample of South African adolescents. High school learners at three government schools in Cape Town (N = 688; M age = 15.03) completed self-report measures of child maltreatment and …
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Examining the Role of Social Cognitive Constructs in Religion's Effect on Alcohol Use
… that individuals who are more religious use alcohol less than those who are less religious. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the relationship between various dimensions of religion and alcohol use, including an examination of the potential mediating role of social cognitive …
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Assessing Readiness to Change and Identifying Risk Factors Leading to an Alcohol-Related Injury
Alcohol use is a leading risk factor in injuries and accounts for nearly half of all patients in the emergency room. Brief interventions are conducted in the ER setting to target patients who are seeking medical attention and who screen positive for alcohol misuse. It is believed that providing …
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Preventing alcohol abuse and alcohol-related negative consequences among freshmen college students: using emerging computer technology to deliver and evaluate the effectiveness of brief intervention efforts
… aimed at decreasing harmful and hazardous alcohol use among freshmen college students. The specific aims of this study were to (1) test the effectiveness of the ASTP and CD-ROM interventions in reducing alcohol abuse and the incidence of alcohol-related problems and increasing motivation to …
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An exploration of alcohol use, attachment, and recovery in psychosis
… review to explore how attachment style is related to symptoms and functioning in early psychosis, specifically the At-Risk Mental State and First-episode Psychosis. Methods: A PRISMA-guided systematic search was conducted in PsycInfo, SCOPUS, and Web of Science between 1st January 1995 and …
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The Self-Regulation of Drinking in College Students: Scale Development and Validation and Relationship to Academic Performance
Despite widespread alcohol use by college students, the majority of them appear capable of controlling their drinking. The present study sought to develop a measure assessing college students' use of self-regulatory strategies in an effort to control their drinking. Three hundred and ten …
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The Effects of Personalized Boosters for a Computerized Intervention Targeting College Student Drinking
<p>Heavy episodic alcohol use within the college student population is both widespread and problematic (Benton et al., 2004; Core Institute, 2006; Hingson, Zha, & Weitzman, 2009; O'Malley & Johnston, 2002; Perkins, 2002; Singleton, 2007). More than 40% of college students report at least one …
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ADHD Symptoms and Risk for Alcohol Use and Cigarette Smoking Among College Students: What Role do Social-Cognitive Factors Play?
… increasing trajectories of cigarette smoking, alcohol use, and alcohol-related problems among first-year college students, and (2) To examine whether constructs related to Social Cognitive Theory-- perceived social norms, positive outcome expectancies, or self-efficacy-- mediated the proposed …
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Understanding the Association Between Social Networks, College Student Alcohol Use, and Protective Behavioral Strategy Use and Beliefs
<p>Heavy drinking and alcohol-related problems are a growing concern for American college students (Jun, Agley, Huang, & Gassman, 2015). Social networks, or peer groups, have demonstrated predictive associations with college students’ alcohol outcomes (Neighbors, Lee, Lewis, Fossos, & Larimer, …
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The performance and feasibility of three brief alcohol screening tools in a senior population
… is the first step in identifying and treating alcohol-related problems among the senior population. This study was designed with two purposes. The first was to cross-validate the Senior Alcohol Misuse Indicator (SAMI) with two commonly used screening tools - the CAGE and the Shortened Michigan …
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Problem solving and personality factors of two at -risk *college populations
… university populations: (a) students at-risk of alcohol related problems, (b) students academically-at-risk, and (c) non-at-risk students. These populations were given two self-report measures, the Problem Solving Inventory (Heppner, 1988) and the 16PF (Cattell, et al., 1993), to gather …
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Caffeinated Alcohol Use and Anxiety Symptoms Among College Students
<p>Recently, the combination of alcohol and caffeine (i.e., caffeinated alcohol) has been growing in popularity among college students. Consumption of caffeinated alcohol has been shown to result in negative consequences (e.g., required medical attention, engaged in driving and sexual risk …
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