Protective Behavioral Strategies and Alcohol Use Outcomes Among College Women Drinkers: Does Disordered Eating and Race Moderate This Association?

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1300031 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0047-2379 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00472379 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Drug Educ Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2015- : Los Angeles Sage Publications
      Original Publication: Farmingdale, N. Y., Baywood Publishing Co.
    • Subject Terms:
      Risk-Taking*; Alcohol Drinking/*adverse effects ; Alcohol Drinking/*epidemiology ; Feeding and Eating Disorders/*epidemiology; Adolescent ; Adult ; Alcohol Drinking/ethnology ; Alcohol Drinking in College/ethnology ; Female ; Humans ; Racial Groups ; United States/epidemiology ; Young Adult
    • Abstract:
      The current study examined the degree to which associations that protective behavioral strategy use had with alcohol consumption and alcohol-related negative consequences were moderated by disordered eating and race. Participants were 382 female undergraduates (ages 18-25) who had consumed alcohol at least once within the previous month. Participants completed online self-report measures concerning their use of protective behavioral strategies, disordered eating, weekly alcohol consumption, harmful drinking patterns, and alcohol-related negative consequences. White non-Hispanic women who used the fewest protective behavioral strategies reported the highest levels of alcohol consumption and harmful drinking patterns. Protective behavioral strategy use was associated with lower levels of alcohol-related negative consequences except for African American women with low levels of disordered eating behaviors. For interventions targeting drinking among college women, disordered eating behaviors may increase risky behaviors and qualify relationships between protective behavioral strategies and alcohol-related negative consequences. Thus, assessment of disordered eating behavior as part of drinking interventions may be helpful.
      (© The Author(s) 2015.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: African American; college women; disordered eating; hazardous drinking; protective behavioral strategies
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20150301 Date Completed: 20180123 Latest Revision: 20211204
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/0047237915573525
    • Accession Number:
      25725019