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ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2016

Alcohol use, mental well-being, self-esteem and general self-efficacy among final-year university students.

Mei-Ling Blank, Jennie Connor, Andrew Gray, Karen Tustin

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Mei-Ling BlankDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. meiling.blank@otago.ac.nz.
Jennie ConnorDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Andrew GrayDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Karen TustinDepartment of Psychology, and The National Centre for Lifecourse Research, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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purposeWe aimed to quantify associations between drinking and mental well-being, self-esteem and general self-efficacy among New Zealand university students approaching graduation.

methodsA web-based survey was conducted across all eight New Zealand universities in 2011. Participants were enrolled in their final year of a bachelor degree or a higher qualification and were aged 25 years and under (n = 5082, response level 65 %). Measures included the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, and items from the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale and General Self-efficacy Scale. Linear regression models were used to estimate associations between the psychological measures and (1) drinking patterns for all participants (abstention/moderate/hazardous); and (2) consumption indicators for non-abstaining participants (frequency/quantity/heavy drinking frequency), adjusting for a range of individual, social and personality characteristics, separately for men and women.

resultsLower mental well-being was associated with a moderate or hazardous drinking pattern for men, and a hazardous pattern for women, compared to abstaining participants. Higher self-esteem was associated with any level of heavy drinking frequency for men, while the heaviest drinking women had a pattern of lower self-esteem. There was a general pattern of higher general self-efficacy for men and women who drank alcohol.

conclusionsWe observed that higher levels of drinking were associated with small, yet statistically significant, differences in psychological outcomes for men and women. Our findings are of uncertain clinical significance; however, they underscore the importance of investigating a fuller range of social and personality factors that may confound the association of drinking and psychological outcomes.

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Self ConceptSelf EfficacyAdolescentAdultAlcohol DrinkingFemaleHealth SurveysHumansLinear ModelsMaleMental HealthNew ZealandStudentsUniversitiesYoung AdultAlcoholGeneral self-efficacyMental well-beingSelf-esteemStudents

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