Profiles of alcohol and cannabis protective behavioral strategies use across two large, multi-site college student samples of concurrent alcohol and cannabis users

Richards, Dylan K.; Greń, Jakub; Pearson, Matthew R.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107789

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“…In future research and clinical activities focused on college men’s drinking and/or sexual behavior, it may prove useful to incorporate Jordan et al’s (2022) recently validated short-form version of a PBS measure for cannabis use, which is commonly associated with alcohol consumption and risky sex among college students and may play a role in SAB (e.g., Buckner et al, 2018; Erickson & Vorwerk, 2022). Additionally, Richards et al (2023) recently demonstrated in two large samples that the degree of PBS use for HED and cannabis is commonly interrelated among college students who use both substances.…”

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College men’s use of protective behavioral strategies for sexual aggression, risky sexual behavior, and heavy episodic drinking.

Treat,

Viken,

Westemeier

et al. 2024

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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Objective: Sexually aggressive behavior (SAB), risky sexual behavior (RSB), and heavy episodic drinking (HED) are serious behavioral health problems among college men. The present study substantially revises and validates protective behavioral strategies (PBS) measures in the SAB and RSB domains; evaluates the relations among PBS usage in the SAB, RSB, and HED domains; and determines whether college men with SAB, RSB, or HED histories report lower PBS usage. Method: College students who identified as men (n = 1,121) completed measures of PBS, SAB, RSB, HED, rapesupportive attitudes, sociosexuality, and bar/party attendance. Results: Factor analyses resulted in three PBS scales (SAB, RSB-General, and RSB-Protection) that showed good fit and cross-validated well. Average scores for all four PBS measures converged moderately to strongly. Men reporting histories of SAB, RSB, or HED reported much lower domain-specific PBS use, and domain-specific PBS predicted concurrent SAB, RSB, or HED in the presence of other established predictors. Conclusions: Four welldeveloped and validated PBS measures now provide an expanded set of potential harm-reduction strategies for college men who drink and engage in sexual activity. Given the strong concurrent associations between PBS use and problems, as well as the interrelatedness of PBS use across domains, future research should examine the impact of simultaneous personalized normative feedback on PBS use across alcohol and sexual domains. Public Health Significance StatementCollege men commonly use cognitive-behavioral strategies that reduce the risks associated with consuming alcohol and engaging in sexual behavior. Men who report a history of sexual aggression, risky sexual behavior, or heavy drinking rely substantially less than their peers on such protective strategies. The findings suggest the potential utility of incorporating education and normative feedback about these harm reduction strategies into prevention programs targeting problematic drinking and sexual behavior.

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College men’s use of protective behavioral strategies for sexual aggression, risky sexual behavior, and heavy episodic drinking.

Treat,

Viken,

Westemeier

et al. 2024

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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“…Both versions showed good psychometric properties in a community sample of young adults. To date, studies evaluating cannabis-related PBS have predominantly used the short-form version of the PBSM (Pedersen et al, 2017) with samples of university students (e.g., Livingston et al, 2023;Richards et al, 2023). Our Spanish versions, devoid of DIF and showing invariance across genders and university status, include significantly fewer items in comparison to the PBSM and PBSM-SF (Pedersen et al, 2017).…”

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“…In recent years, cannabis-specific PBS have emerged as a robust protective factor against the negative consequences associated with cannabis use (Gribsby et al, 2023). Mounting evidence indicates that the adoption of cannabis-PBS is associated with decreased cannabis use and its related consequences (González-Ponce et al, 2022;Richards et al, 2023).…”

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“…Since its development, many studies (e.g., Bravo, Weinstein, et al, 2019;Richards et al, 2023) have utilized the PBSM (Pedersen et al, 2017), which has been adapted to other languages. Notably, the German version of the 36-item PBSM was recently subjected to psychometric testing in a community online sample (n=362; Genrich et al, 2021), while Coté et al (2022) found support for the unidimensional structure of the French version of the short PBSM-17 in a sample of 211 university students.…”

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The Reduction of Cannabis Use and its Consequences in youths: a Psychosocial and Longitudinal Research from the Theory of Planned Behavior and Protective Strategies (PsicoCann)

Fernández-Calderón

2024

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The Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana scale (PBSM) was initially developed using samples of university students in USA. A community sample of Spanish young adults was recruited to provide the Spanish full-length and short versions of the Protective Behavioral Strategies for Cannabis use (S-PBSC; S-PBSC-SF). We followed a rigorous item-selection process to select the most relevant items from the original 50-item pool developed by Pedersen et al. (2016), on the basis of evidence of reliability, evidence of validity according to the internal structure (factor loadings, invariance across genders and university status, and differential item functioning [DIF]), and evidence of validity based on the relationships between S-PBSC scores and cannabis outcomes. Our findings support a 31-item unidimensional measure and a 13-item short form with excellent fit and internal consistency, invariant across genders and college status and free of DIF. Both the S-PBSC and S-PBSC-SF scores were associated with reduced cannabis use and consequences.

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Spanish Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana Scale: The Protective Behavioral Strategies for Cannabis Scale (S-PBSC)

Sanchez-Garcia,

Carmona-Márquez,

Bravo

et al. 2024

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Profiles of alcohol and cannabis protective behavioral strategies use across two large, multi-site college student samples of concurrent alcohol and cannabis users

Cited by 5 publications

References 34 publications

College men’s use of protective behavioral strategies for sexual aggression, risky sexual behavior, and heavy episodic drinking.

College men’s use of protective behavioral strategies for sexual aggression, risky sexual behavior, and heavy episodic drinking.

The Reduction of Cannabis Use and its Consequences in youths: a Psychosocial and Longitudinal Research from the Theory of Planned Behavior and Protective Strategies (PsicoCann)

Spanish Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana Scale: The Protective Behavioral Strategies for Cannabis Scale (S-PBSC)

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