@article{ref1,
title="Assessing University Students' Self-efficacy to Employ Alcohol-Related Harm Reduction Strategies",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2011",
author="Rosenberg, Harold and Bonar, Erin E. and Hoffmann, Erica and Kryszak, Elizabeth and Young, Kathleen M. and Kraus, Shane W. and Ashrafioun, Lisham and Bannon, Erin E. and Pavlick, Michelle",
volume="59",
number="8",
pages="736-742",
abstract="Abstract Objective: Develop and evaluate key psychometric properties of a self-report questionnaire specifically designed to assess student drinkers' self-confidence to employ a variety of strategies intended to reduce unhealthy consequences of high-risk drinking. Methods: Four hundred ninety-eight participants rated their confidence (from &quot;not at all confident&quot; to &quot;completely confident&quot;) to employ 17 harm reduction strategies when drinking. Results: Factor analysis and internal consistency reliability analyses indicated that the 17 items constitute a single scale with good test-retest reliability. Consistent with other research examining previous use of such strategies, women in our sample reported significantly higher harm reduction self-efficacy than did men. Harm reduction self-efficacy was also associated with reported number of high-risk drinking episodes in the previous 2 weeks. Conclusion: This brief and easily administered questionnaire holds promise as a clinical tool to identify individuals with low harm reduction self-efficacy and as an outcome measure for health promotion and educational interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2010.537418",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2010.537418"
}