Transitions in drinking behaviors across the college years: A latent transition analysis.
<bold>Objective: </bold>College student alcohol use remains a considerable concern. While many colleges provide universal interventions surrounding matriculation, trends indicate alcohol use increases over the college years. This study utilized a person-centered approach to examine changes in drinki...
| Publicado en: | Addictive Behaviors Vol. 92; pp. 108 - 115 |
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Elsevier B.V.
May2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=136152701&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 136152701 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 03064603 3A4 jtl: Addictive Behaviors issn: 03064603 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2019 vid: 92 pid: 2410 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 136152701 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.12.021 ppf: 108 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Transitions in drinking behaviors across the college years: A latent transition analysis. aug: au: Hultgren, Brittney A. Turrisi, Rob Cleveland, Michael J. Mallett, Kimberly A. Reavy, Racheal Larimer, Mary E. Geisner, Irene M. Hospital, Michelle M. affil: Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States su: United States Alcoholism risk factors Risk-taking behavior Optimism Sex distribution Group dynamics Social norms Psychology of college students Student attitudes Statistical sampling Logistic regression analysis Structural equation modeling Odds ratio Alcohol drinking in college sug: subj: Alcoholism risk factors Risk-taking behavior Optimism Sex distribution Group dynamics Social norms Psychology of college students Student attitudes United States Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling Statistical sampling Logistic regression analysis Structural equation modeling Odds ratio Alcohol drinking in college keyword: Alcohol Use College students Latent transition analyses Alcohol Use College students Latent transition analyses ab: <bold>Objective: </bold>College student alcohol use remains a considerable concern. While many colleges provide universal interventions surrounding matriculation, trends indicate alcohol use increases over the college years. This study utilized a person-centered approach to examine changes in drinking across college and predictors (expectancies, attitudes, norms, and gender) of increases in risky drinking. Understanding transitions in drinking patterns and predictors of risky transitions can help identify risky students, periods of increased risk, and inform prevention efforts.<bold>Method: </bold>1429 first-year students were recruited from three universities across the USA. Students were assessed in the fall of each of the four years of college using a wide variety of drinking-related measures.<bold>Results: </bold>Latent transition analysis (LTA) identified five classes of students (Non-Drinkers, Weekend Light Drinkers, Weekend Heavy Drinkers, Occasional Heavy Episodic Drinkers, Heavy Drinkers). Heavy-Drinkers were not likely to move out of their status during all four years of college. All psychosocial factors were shown to predict class membership during the first year (e.g., higher positive expectancies were associated with greater likelihood of being in a higher risk class). Increased psychosocial risk factors also predicted transitioning to higher risk drinking classes, mostly for Non-Drinkers. Differences by gender were observed.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Results indicate many students maintain or increase risky drinking practices, rather than mature out, suggesting continued need for early prevention. Targeting positive attitudes during the first year may be particularly important for later transitions. Males may benefit more from targeted intervention during the transition between third and fourth years. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: journal article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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