Trait mindfulness and protective strategies for alcohol use: Implications for college student drinking

Brett, Emma I.; Leffingwell, Thad R.; Leavens, Eleanor L S

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.04.011

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“…Participants also reported experiencing on average seven alcohol-related consequences in the past month, which is similar to other studies of Australian university students (M = 7.24; [35]. M = 7.53; [36]), but higher than consequences recorded among college students in some American studies (M = 5.82; [37], M = 3.4; [38]). In line with these quantitative results, students reported various negative alcohol-related consequences.…”

Section: Current Drinking Culture and Related Consequencessupporting

confidence: 83%

Student perceptions of the current drinking culture in three Australian residential colleges: Drinking motives, consequences and recommendations for harm minimisation strategies

Davidson

Mefodeva

Walter

et al. 2022

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction Systemic cultural factors related to excessive alcohol consumption have been identified in Australian university residential colleges. In this mixed methods study, we conducted focus groups with student leaders at three Australian residential colleges. We aimed to explore students' perceptions of alcohol use and related consequences in their current college environment and gather feedback from students on the utility of alcohol harm minimisation strategies in this context. Methods In November 2020, 77 student leaders from three colleges participated in focus groups. Each focus group ran for 1.5–2 hours and included three sections: (i) quantitative survey; (ii) semi‐structured group interview; and (iii) feedback on a potential alcohol harm minimisation workshop. Results The survey revealed that 81% of participants reported drinking hazardously. Thematic analysis of the interview data indicated many students perceived college as a supportive environment regarding students' alcohol use choices (direct peer pressure to drink was uncommon). However, indirect social influence to drink appeared to maintain a ‘culture of intoxication’. Specifically, social norms to attend college events (where drinking is implied) and modelling of excessive drinking were key indirect influences on heavy drinking norms. Students were aware and accepting of many alcohol harm minimisation strategies and interested in improving current strategies. Discussion and Conclusions Despite the supportive college environment described by students, regarding alcohol use choices, a ‘culture of intoxication’ driven by indirect social influences was evident. Student leaders' interest in increasing the availability of harm minimisation strategies highlights the potential utility of peer‐led alcohol interventions in colleges.

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Section: Current Drinking Culture and Related Consequencessupporting

confidence: 83%

Student perceptions of the current drinking culture in three Australian residential colleges: Drinking motives, consequences and recommendations for harm minimisation strategies

Davidson

Mefodeva

Walter

et al. 2022

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…Risk and aggression expectancy was predictive of weekday drinking, weekend drinking, and alcohol problems, so prevention programs targeting the expectation that alcohol could be consumed to facilitate aggressive acts might benefit from strategies designed to help channel these beliefs into more constructive behaviors (Kachadourian, Quigley, & Leonard, 2014). Weekday and weekend use both contributed uniquely to alcohol problems, so training drinkers on how to be mindful in applying protective behavioral strategies during events where alcohol is served could curtail risks for deleterious consequences (Brett, Leffingwell, & Leavens, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Pathways from Positive, Negative, and Specific Alcohol Expectancies to Weekday and Weekend Drinking to Alcohol Problems

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Luk

2019

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The current study tested and identified risk and protective pathways from alcohol expectancies to weekday and weekend consumption to problematic consequences. Adult alcohol users (N = 395) completed measures of alcohol expectancies, daily consumption habits during a typical week, and alcohol-related problems. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the five-factor structure of positive expectancy, negative expectancy, weekday drinking, weekend drinking, and alcohol problems. The structural equation model specifying general positive and negative expectancy to weekday and weekend use to alcohol problems exhibited satisfactory fit indices. Specifically, positive expectancy contributed to greater weekend drinking, but negative expectancy prompted greater weekday drinking. Furthermore, lower positive expectancy, higher negative expectancy, higher weekday drinking, and higher weekend drinking each uniquely explained greater alcohol problems. The structural equation model involving the seven specific expectancies to weekday and weekend use to alcohol problems produced high fit indices. Specifically, higher risk and aggression, higher self-perception, and lower cognitive and behavioral impairment expectancies uniquely predicted weekday drinking. In contrast, higher sociability, higher liquid courage, higher risk and aggression, and lower cognitive impairment expectancies explained weekend drinking. The predictive model premised on specific alcohol expectancies as distinct constructs exhibited higher fit indices and more nuanced insights regarding risk and protective pathways for prevention than the model involving general positive versus negative expectancy constructs. Findings underscore that different types of self-fulfilling alcohol expectancy beliefs distinctively explain weekday versus weekend intake and problems.

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“…The findings underscore the role that acceptance can play in decreasing alcohol demand in those who experience cue-induced cravings, suggesting that interventions aimed to increase acceptance may improve drinkers’ ability to manage urges to drink that stem from triggers in the environment. Indeed, emerging work demonstrates that trait mindfulness can play an important role in managing drinking behavior, especially among young adult college students (Brett et al, 2017), and mindfulness interventions can buffer the effects of craving on substance use (Enkema and Bowen, 2017). Interestingly, the awareness index of the PHLMS was not a significant moderator.…”

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Mindfulness buffers the effects of cue-induced craving on alcohol demand in college drinkers

Hochster

Block-Lerner

Marks

et al. 2018

Addictive Behaviors

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Alcohol consumption among young adult college students represents a significant public health problem. The presence of alcohol-related cues in drinkers' environments can trigger powerful alcohol cravings, which may influence drinking outcomes. Less is known about how this cue-induced craving influences behavioral economic demand for alcohol. In addition, research has suggested that trait mindfulness may be an important buffer of the effects of internal states of craving on drinking decisions. Based on this literature, we hypothesized that cue-induced cravings would be associated with increased alcohol demand, an effect that would be attenuated among drinkers who have higher levels of mindfulness. Young adult college student drinkers (n = 69) completed a laboratory-based cue-induced craving assessment, a self-report assessment of trait mindfulness, and an alcohol purchase task. Findings revealed that cue-induced craving was related to higher alcohol demand. Consistent with the study hypothesis, acceptance, a component of mindfulness, buffered the effects of cue-induced craving on alcohol demand. Results raise the possibility that mindfulness-based interventions may be useful in helping disrupt the link between internal states of craving and drinking decisions in young adult college student drinkers.

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Trait mindfulness and protective strategies for alcohol use: Implications for college student drinking

Cited by 21 publications

References 45 publications

Student perceptions of the current drinking culture in three Australian residential colleges: Drinking motives, consequences and recommendations for harm minimisation strategies

Student perceptions of the current drinking culture in three Australian residential colleges: Drinking motives, consequences and recommendations for harm minimisation strategies

Pathways from Positive, Negative, and Specific Alcohol Expectancies to Weekday and Weekend Drinking to Alcohol Problems

Mindfulness buffers the effects of cue-induced craving on alcohol demand in college drinkers

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