TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Measuring alcohol-related protective behavioral strategies among college students: Further examination of the Protective Behavioral Strategies Scale
JO  - Psychology of addictive behaviors
A1  - Martens, Matthew P.
A1  - Pederson, Eric R.
A1  - LaBrie, Joseph W.
A1  - Ferrier, Amanda G.
A1  - Cimini, M. Dolores
SP  - 307
EP  - 315
VL  - 21
IS  - 3
N2  - Heavy drinking among college students has been recognized as a public health problem on American college campuses (e.g., R. Hingson, T. Heeren, M. Winter, & H. Wechsler, 2005). Recently, protective behavioral strategies, or cognitive-behavioral strategies that can be implemented when using alcohol to reduce consumption and resulting negative consequences, have been shown to be associated with less alcohol use and fewer alcohol-related problems (e.g., S. L. Benton et al., 2004; M. P. Martens et al., 2005). The purpose of the present study was to conduct additional psychometric work on a measure designed to assess the use of such strategies: the Protective Behavioral Strategies Scale (PBSS; M. P. Martens et al., 2005). Data were collected on 505 undergraduate students from 2 universities who reported having consumed alcohol at least once in the past 30 days. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis supported the hypothesized 3-factor version of the PBSS, and scores on each subscale were correlated in the expected direction with both alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. Thus, the PBSS appears to be reliable and valid for use among college student drinkers.     <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0893-164X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0893-164X.21.3.307
ID  - ref1
ER  -