SynthesisPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2024
A systematic review of the associations between protective behavioral strategies and heavy alcohol consumption and consequences among young adults.
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- Guideline
- Screening for high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder: update of the 2023 national clinical practice guideline.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026Guideline
- Day-level associations between protective behavioral strategies and alcohol consequences among young adults enrolled vs. not enrolled in college.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Observational
- Sex Differences in the Association Between Drinking Motives, Protective Behavioral Strategies, and Alcohol Outcomes in a Hazardous Drinking College Sample.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
- Longitudinal examination of a refined four-factor model of Protective Behavioural Strategies: Psychosocial barriers to their use and protective effects on students' alcohol consumption.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Expanding perspectives on reducing harms from drinking in college: A qualitative study.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Daily-level associations between protective behavioral strategies, transdermal alcohol concentration, and alcohol-induced blackouts among young adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- The measurement of harm reduction goals and outcomes for substance use: Current state and future directions.Journal of prevention and health promotion · 2026Article
- Graduating With an Alcohol Problem? Associations Between Drinking, Willingness to Experience Consequences, Protective Behavioral Strategies, and Repeated Alcohol Problems Across the Senior Year of College.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Article
- "Drink like a man!" masculine drinking norms, alcohol protective behavioral strategies, and severity of hazardous alcohol use among college men.Journal of counseling psychology · 2025Article
- Primary Care Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Safer Use Strategies for Opioids and/or Stimulants: A Mixed-Method Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- The protection motivation theory as an explanatory model for intention to use alcohol protective behavioral strategies related to the manner of drinking among young adults.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe systematically reviewed the literature to assess the association between use of alcohol protective behavioral strategies (PBS) and young adult heavy drinking and alcohol-related consequences.
methodWe followed the preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis guidelines to select and review research studies that were comprised of a sample of young adults ages 18-26, included PBS derived from one of 10 validated scales as an independent variable, measured heavy alcohol use or alcohol consequences as the dependent variable, and tested the direct association between the two. Studies were gathered via PubMed, Scopus, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, APA PsycInfo, and Global Health. All identified study records underwent a two-step screening process and risk of bias assessment.
resultsData were extracted from 94 studies that met inclusion criteria; 16 studies (17%) examined associations with heavy alcohol use and 91 studies (97%) tested effects of PBS on alcohol consequences. All studies that measured a total effect of PBS use (summations across all strategies) found significant negative associations with heavy alcohol use and 91% were negatively associated with alcohol consequences. Most studies that examined subscales of PBS found at least one significant, negative relation with heavy alcohol use (73%) and alcohol-related consequences (78%), though effects varied across type of subscale (e.g., manner of drinking).
conclusionsOur results support the use of PBS to address heavy alcohol consumption and related harms among young adults. Opportunities for refinement of current PBS in preventive interventions are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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