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ArticleSubstance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2014

A comparison of the responsible drinking dimensions among underage and legal drinkers: examining differences in beliefs, motives, self-efficacy, barriers and intentions.

Adam E Barry, Michael L Stellefson, Conrad L Woolsey

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Article in Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Alcohol-cue exposure effects on craving and attentional bias in underage college-student drinkers.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Adam E BarryDepartment of Health Education & Behavior, University of Florida, P,O, Box 118210, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. aebarry@ufl.edu.
Michael L Stellefson
Conrad L Woolsey
University of Florida Health · USLogan University · US

Funding

UF Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR000064 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI NELSON, DAVID R · 2012 to 2014
$12.2M
UF Clinical and Translational Science AwardKL2TR000065 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI NELSON, DAVID R · 2012 to 2014
$1.6M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2TR000065NCATS NIH HHS UL1TR000064
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo date, scholarly discourse over the Amethyst Initiative has primarily debated the relative effectiveness of the 21 year-old Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA). Unfortunately, this discourse has failed to account for the Amethyst Initiative's central tenet/mission: facilitating responsible drinking among college students. This investigation seeks to help fill this gap by quantitatively determining whether a random sample of underage (n = 158) and legal (n = 298) drinkers differed with regard to their alcohol-related behaviors, responsible drinking behaviors, and responsible drinking beliefs.

findingsCompared to legal drinkers, underage drinkers reported: (a) significantly less confidence to perform responsible drinking behaviors during their next drinking episode [t(446) = -2.97, p < .003; d = -0.297], (b) significantly more perceived barriers to responsible drinking [t(388) = 3.44, p < .001; d = .368], and (c) significantly lower behavioral intentions to perform responsible drinking behaviors the next time they consumed alcohol [t(437) = -3.45, p < .001; d = -0.350]. Each of these differences remained statistically significant, even after controlling for sex and race, in three separate multiple linear regression models.

conclusionWhile college students both above and below the 21 year-old MLDA have similar beliefs regarding what constitutes responsible drinking, students below the current MLDA have less intention to drink responsibly regardless of their behavioral beliefs and/or motives. College/university administrators should consider the negative repercussions that are possible if underage students who are less confident in their ability to drink responsibly are given the legal right to drink on campus.

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CultureIntentionMotivationSelf EfficacyUniversitiesAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorAge FactorsAlcohol DrinkingFemaleHumansMaleStudentsYoung Adult

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PMID24450336
PMCPMC3929555
OpenAlexW2142768966

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