TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - What do Dutch college students talk about when they talk about alcohol?
JO  - Health behavior and policy review
A1  - Hendriks, Hanneke
A1  - de Bruijn, Gert-Jan
SP  - 232
EP  - 242
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2326-4403
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.2.3.8
ID  - ref1
ER  -