TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Protective behavioral strategies and negative alcohol-related consequences in college students
JO  - Journal of drug education
A1  - Araas, Teresa E.
A1  - Adams, Troy B.
SP  - 211
EP  - 224
VL  - 38
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Alcohol abuse among college students is associated with a quality of life burden. The current study replicated and extended previous research on protective behavioral strategies (PBS) by examining relationships between PBS use and negative alcohol-related consequences. METHOD: A national sample of 29,792 U.S. college students who completed the National College Health Assessment during spring 2004 was included. Using a retrospective analysis of cross-sectional data, relationships between PBS use and negative alcohol-related consequences were examined. RESULTS: Greater PBS use was associated with fewer negative alcohol-related consequences, while less frequent use of PBS was correlated with increased negative alcohol-related consequences. DISCUSSION: The current study findings strongly support expanded educational alcohol-intervention programs promoting greater PBS use aimed at reducing or completely alleviating negative alcohol-related consequences (e.g., BASICS, ASTP). Future research should further investigate such PBS-based intervention programs, examine the existence of latent PBS, and study use of combined PBS.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0047-2379
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -