NCJ Number
225981
Journal
Journal of Drug Education Volume: 38 Issue: 3 Dated: 2008 Pages: 211-224
Date Published
2008
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This study examined the relationship between protective behavioral strategies (PBS) and negative alcohol-related consequences.
Abstract
Findings indicate that greater PBS use was associated with fewer negative alcohol-related consequences, while less frequent use of PBS was correlated with increased negative alcohol-related consequences. Respondents who “sometimes” used PBS were at least twice as likely to experience negative alcohol-related consequences as those who “always” used PBS, and that respondents who “rarely” used PBS were four to five times more likely to experience negative alcohol-related consequences as those respondents who “always” used PBS. These findings further reinforce the belief that expansion and intensification of educational alcohol-intervention programs that promote the continual use of PBS, such as the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention of College Students (BASICS) and Alcohol Skills Training Program (ASTP), can impact negative alcohol-related consequences that college students experience. Data were collected from 29,792 college students from 74 schools who completed the National College Health Assessment during spring 2004. Tables and references