@article{ref1,
title="What do Dutch college students talk about when they talk about alcohol?",
journal="Health behavior and policy review",
year="2015",
author="Hendriks, Hanneke and de Bruijn, Gert-Jan",
volume="2",
number="3",
pages="232-242",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Interpersonal communication about alcohol influences alcohol consumption, yet evidence is scarce about the content and valence of alcohol-related conversations and how these concepts predict alcohol consumption. <br><br>METHODS: By employing a correlational design among Dutch undergraduate students (N = 133), this study measured alcohol consumption predictors and conversational valence and occurrence regarding three topics (personal alcohol-related experiences; alcohol-related experiences of others; and alcohol-related media messages). <br><br>RESULTS: Results showed that people talk more often and more positively about (personal) alcohol-related experiences than about alcohol-related media messages. In contrast to media messages, whether and how positively people talk about alcohol-related experiences was related to several alcohol consumption determinants. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Health promotion attempts should elicit negative conversations about alcohol-related experiences, thereby resulting in more healthy alcohol consumption predictors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2326-4403",
doi="10.14485/HBPR.2.3.8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.2.3.8"
}