ArticleJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2012
Daily variations in Spring Break alcohol and sexual behaviors based on intentions, perceived norms, and daily trip context.
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- A randomized controlled trial of an online alcohol and sexual risk prevention program for college students studying abroad.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of a web-delivered personalized normative feedback intervention to reduce alcohol-related risky sexual behavior among college students.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2014Trial
- Web-based intervention to change perceived norms of college student alcohol use and sexual behavior on spring break.Addictive behaviors · 2014Trial
- Daily associations of alcohol use with sexual behaviour and condom use during spring break.Drug and alcohol review · 2013Trial
- High Spirits? Exploring "Halloweekend" Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Heavy-Drinking College Students.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Article
- Dual trajectories of cannabis and alcohol use among young adults in a state with legal nonmedical cannabis.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- High-Intensity Drinking.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2018Review
- Individual, interpersonal, and contextual factors associated with discrepancies between intended and actual spring break drinking.Addictive behaviors · 2017Article
- Does one day of drinking matter? 21st birthday drinking predicts subsequent drinking and consequences.Addictive behaviors · 2017Article
- Drinking Over the Lifespan: Focus on College Ages.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2016Review
- Friend or foe: Personal use and friends' use of protective behavioral strategies and spring break drinking.Addictive behaviors · 2015Article
- Sex on the beach: the influence of social norms and trip companion on spring break sexual behavior.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2014Article
- Spring break versus spring broken: predictive utility of spring break alcohol intentions and willingness at varying levels of extremity.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveGiven the known risks of alcohol use and sexual behavior for college students on Spring Break, this study was designed to document the behaviors and correlates associated with being on a Spring Break trip on a given day (controlling for average time on a trip).
methodParticipants were undergraduate students (n = 261; 55% women) who reported that they planned to go on a Spring Break trip. Web-based survey responses before and after Spring Break documented perceived norms, intentions, and actual behavior on each of the 10 days of Spring Break.
resultsStudents who went on longer trips, who previously engaged in more heavy episodic drinking, or who had greater pre-Spring Break intentions to drink reported greater alcohol use during Spring Break. Similarly, students with greater pre-Spring Break intentions to have sex, greater perceived norms for sex, or more previous sexual partners had greater odds of having sex. On days students were on trips, they had a greater likelihood of having sex, drinking to higher estimated blood alcohol concentrations, consuming more drinks, and reporting perceived drunkenness than on nontrip days, especially if they had intentions to have sex and drink alcohol (and, for models predicting sexual behavior and drunkenness, had greater perceived norms for sex and drinking).
conclusionsStudents who went on Spring Break trips engaged in more risk behaviors. In addition, the context of being on a trip on a given day was associated with increased risk, especially if they had stronger intentions and, in some cases, higher perceived norms. Further research is needed to describe the contexts of Spring Break trips and how to intervene effectively.
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