High-risk cocktails and high-risk sex: Examining the relation between alcohol mixed with energy drink consumption, sexual behavior, and drug use in college students

Snipes, Daniel J.; Benotsch, Eric G.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.07.011

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“…Similar to numerous studies, our findings emphasized the co-occurrence of risky behaviors (7,11,23,29,30). Considering co-occurrence, co-changing is one of the most effective approaches in prevention of high-risk behaviors.…”

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Substance Abuse and Its Predictors in Freshmen Students of Lorestan Universities: Subgrouping of College Students in West of Iran

Tarrahi¹,

Mohammadpoorasl²,

Ansari³

et al. 2017

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Background: Risk-taking behaviors have negative consequences on adolescents and young adults' health. Numerous studies have revealed that the prevalence of risk-taking behaviors in college students is high. However, little information is available about risktaking behaviors in freshmen students. Objectives: The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of risk-taking behaviors and related factors in freshmen students of Khorramabad universities. Methods: This study was performed in 3 universities in Khorramabad, west of Iran, from January to February 2015. A total of 1181 students were selected proportionally and randomly. A self-administered questionnaire was used to measure risk-taking behaviors, including cigarette smoking, hookah smoking, alcohol use, and drug abuse, as well as demographic and related risk factors. Logistic regression model was performed to analyze the data. Results: The prevalence of ever cigarette smoking was 3.7%, the prevalence of ever hookah smoking was 21.7%, almost 2.4% of students had used at least one illicit drug, and 5.5 % of students had used alcohol at least once in their lifetime. After adjustment for other factors, being male, presence of any smoker in the family, and having smoker friends were factors associated with students' risktaking behaviors. The results showed co-occurrence of risk-taking behaviors. Conclusions:The prevalence of risk-taking behavior in freshmen students was pretty low compared to other studies. Nevertheless, this study demonstrated the co-occurrence of risky behaviors, which emphasizes the importance of interventions that are aimed at reducing or preventing different high-risk behaviors simultaneously during university years.

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confidence: 66%

Substance Abuse and Its Predictors in Freshmen Students of Lorestan Universities: Subgrouping of College Students in West of Iran

Tarrahi¹,

Mohammadpoorasl²,

Ansari³

et al. 2017

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“…16,20,21 Compared with results of several investigations conducted outside the province, a lower proportion of study respondents reported having consumed ED or AED in the past month. 6,7,9,22 In our study, the total proportions of consumers of ED, AED, and ED with drugs may be underestimated because of the high number of female participants. It is well known that females are less likely to use psychotropic drugs.…”

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“…intake as well as risk behaviours 6,9,12 such as drinking and driving, 6,12 and being more likely to get into a car with someone who has been drinking. 6 ED should not be consumed with alcohol.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…3,4 Some researchers also report that ED are among the substances consumed by individuals with polysubstance use profiles. [5][6][7][8][9] Alcoholic energy drinks (AED) seem to reduce perceptions of being drunk, 10 which leads to increased alcohol ingestion 6,11,12 and adoption of risky behaviours such as drinking and driving. 6,12 Use of ED together with other psychotropic drugs also presents health risks.…”

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Consumption of energy drinks among Québec college students

Picard-Masson

Loslier

Paquin

et al. 2016

Can J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES: Consumption of energy drinks (ED) raises concerns because of adverse health effects possibly linked with high levels of caffeine and sugar intake. The study looks at the scope of ED consumption as well as some of the associated characteristics.METHODS: Thirty-six public colleges in the Canadian province of Québec agreed to participate in a descriptive cross-sectional study (n = 36). In February 2013, participating colleges invited their students to answer an online questionnaire on consumption of ED, alcoholic ED (AED), and ED in combination with other psychotropic drugs. A descriptive and correlational analysis was carried out. Logistic regressions explored associations between ED consumption and associated characteristics. RESULTS:Of the students who successfully completed the questionnaire and participated in the study (n = 10,283), a low proportion consumed ED (9.1%; n = 935) and/or AED (1.1%; n = 109) at least once a week in the previous month. Although low in proportion, a number of participants reported having used ED with other stimulant psychoactive substances (n = 247) and ≥3 ED/day (n = 193) or ≥3 AED/occasion (n = 167), which can pose a risk for serious adverse effects. Weekly ED consumption was associated with consumption of ≥20 cups of coffee/week, smoking, excessive use of alcohol and past use of cannabis, glues or solvents and amphetamines.CONCLUSION: A majority of respondents are not heavy users of ED, AED, or ED with drugs. Yet, the profiles of ED consumption potentially harmful to health that characterize some participants indicate that the potential health consequences of such behaviour are of concern.KEY WORDS: Adolescent; young adult; energy drinks; caffeine; alcoholic beverages; psychotropic drugs La traduction du résumé se trouve à la fin de l'article.Can J Public Health 2016;107(6):e514-e519 doi: 10.17269/CJPH.107.5536 T he energy drink (ED) phenomenon is an emerging public health issue. Over the past few years, the ED market has been booming. 1 Advertising suggests that ED can be consumed in significant quantities and trivializes their frequent use. However, the composition of energy drinks poses potential health risks. The high caffeine content can cause heart palpitations, abdominal pain, nausea and insomnia; 2 the sugar added to many ED promotes obesity and dental caries. 3,4 Some researchers also report that ED are among the substances consumed by individuals with polysubstance use profiles. 5-9 Alcoholic energy drinks (AED) seem to reduce perceptions of being drunk, 10 which leads to increased alcohol ingestion 6,11,12 and adoption of risky behaviours such as drinking and driving. 6,12 Use of ED together with other psychotropic drugs also presents health risks. This behaviour raises concerns, especially because of the synergic effects of combining stimulants (e.g., ED and amphetamines). 13 Despite the potentially harmful effects, to our knowledge, simultaneous use of ED and illicit drugs has not been studied (except for AED). Although several studies on ED amon...

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“…Thus, the claim that more alcohol-related problems may arise because "males drink more than females" might mean (a) more men drink, (b) men drink more frequently, (c) men drink greater volumes of alcohol, (d) more men exceed heavy drinking guidelines, or (e) more men are high-risk drinkers according to NIAAA guidelines. Using an example from our census, we statistically linked measures of lifetime, annual, and frequent alcohol use to risks for unprotected sex, but the formal relationships of these measures to one another and to incidents of unprotected sex remain unknown (Berger et al, 2013;Snipes & Benotsch, 2013).…”

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Sources of Misspecification Bias in Assessments of Risks Related to Alcohol Use

Gruenewald

Wang-Schweig

Mair

2016

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective:Many different measures of alcohol use are applied in survey-based epidemiological studies of alcohol-related risks. Differences in the selection of drinking measures and alternative specifications of quantitative relationships of these measures to problem outcomes limit researchers' abilities to compare and assess alcohol effects across studies. We used a quantitative definition of drinking patterns to identify relationships among drinking measures and uncover sources of bias in assessments of drinking risks. Method: A census of drinking measures from studies published in four leading journals in the first half of 2013 were mapped onto a "drinking patterns table," quantitatively relating each measure to every other. Relationships among these measures and in relation to two problem outcomes, physiological problems and sexual risks, were examined using data from 41,352 undergraduate college student drinkers in California. Results: Twenty-nine sets of drinking measures appeared across 74 published studies; no common statistical procedure was used to assess drinking risks. Empirically observed distributions of heavy drinking (R 2 = .887, p < .001) and variances in drinking quantities (R 2 = .645, p < .001) were predicted from the drinking patterns table. Heteroscedasticity in drinking measures also biased estimates of physiological risks related to drinking quantities (z = -5.159, p < .001), volume (z = 4.592, p < .001), and heavy drinking (z = -5.431, p < .001). Conclusions:Relationships between drinking measures can be formally identified and related to one another using drinking patterns tables. Biases related to selections of different drinking measures and unobserved heteroscedasticity can be identified and controlled through formal quantitative assessments of relationships between drinking measures and observed outcomes. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 77, 802-810, 2016)

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High-risk cocktails and high-risk sex: Examining the relation between alcohol mixed with energy drink consumption, sexual behavior, and drug use in college students

Cited by 113 publications

References 27 publications

Substance Abuse and Its Predictors in Freshmen Students of Lorestan Universities: Subgrouping of College Students in West of Iran

Substance Abuse and Its Predictors in Freshmen Students of Lorestan Universities: Subgrouping of College Students in West of Iran

Consumption of energy drinks among Québec college students

Sources of Misspecification Bias in Assessments of Risks Related to Alcohol Use

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