TY - JOUR
T1 - A person-centered approach to understanding negative reinforcement drinking among first year college students
AU - Holt, Laura J.
AU - Armeli, Stephen
AU - Tennen, Howard
AU - Austad, Carol S.
AU - Raskin, Sarah A.
AU - Fallahi, Carolyn R.
AU - Wood, Rebecca
AU - Rosen, Rivkah I.
AU - Ginley, Meredith K.
AU - Pearlson, Godfrey D.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ( RO1 AA016599 , RC1 AA019036 ) awarded to Godfrey D. Pearlson. NIAAA had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ( R01 AA016599 , RC1 AA019036 ) awarded to Godfrey D. Pearlson.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The current study used a person-centered approach (i.e. latent profile analysis) to identify distinct types of college student drinkers based on the predictions of motivational, social learning, and stress and coping theories of maladaptive drinking. A large sample (N=844; 53% female) of first-year undergraduates from two institutions, public and private, who reported consuming one or more drinks in the last three months completed measures of depressive and anxiety symptoms, positive alcohol-outcome expectancies, negative life events, social support, drinking motives, drinking level and drinking-related problems. Latent profile analysis revealed a small subgroup of individuals (n=81, 9%) who conformed to the anticipated high-risk profile; specifically, this group demonstrated high levels of negative affect, coping motives, drinks per week, and drinking-related problems. However, additional groups emerged that showed patterns inconsistent with the proposed vulnerability profile (e.g., high negative affect, positive expectancies, and negative life events, but relatively low drinking levels). Findings from our person-centered approach showing the presence of groups both consistent and inconsistent with the predictions of motivational, social learning, and stress and coping theories highlight the need to identify and target certain college students for prevention and intervention of negative affect-related drinking.
AB - The current study used a person-centered approach (i.e. latent profile analysis) to identify distinct types of college student drinkers based on the predictions of motivational, social learning, and stress and coping theories of maladaptive drinking. A large sample (N=844; 53% female) of first-year undergraduates from two institutions, public and private, who reported consuming one or more drinks in the last three months completed measures of depressive and anxiety symptoms, positive alcohol-outcome expectancies, negative life events, social support, drinking motives, drinking level and drinking-related problems. Latent profile analysis revealed a small subgroup of individuals (n=81, 9%) who conformed to the anticipated high-risk profile; specifically, this group demonstrated high levels of negative affect, coping motives, drinks per week, and drinking-related problems. However, additional groups emerged that showed patterns inconsistent with the proposed vulnerability profile (e.g., high negative affect, positive expectancies, and negative life events, but relatively low drinking levels). Findings from our person-centered approach showing the presence of groups both consistent and inconsistent with the predictions of motivational, social learning, and stress and coping theories highlight the need to identify and target certain college students for prevention and intervention of negative affect-related drinking.
KW - Drinking-related problems
KW - First-year college students
KW - Latent profile analysis
KW - Negative affect
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U2 - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.08.015
DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.08.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 24064193
AN - SCOPUS:84884377211
SN - 0306-4603
VL - 38
SP - 2937
EP - 2944
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
IS - 12
ER -