Hard to believe that 2014 is almost over, and 2015 journals are already available online! Check out these new articles from PubMed and other databases. Barnett, N. P., Clerkin, E. M., Wood, M., Monti, P. M., Tevyaw, T. O. L., Corriveau, D., ... & Kahler, C. W. (2014). Description and predictors of positive and negative [...]
NSNI has received a number of anecdotal reports of college student deaths this fall. These tragedies have resulted in inquiries from the press regarding NSNI’s mortality study presented at the American Public Health Association Meeting in November 2011, and its subsequent publication in the Journal of College Student Psychotherapy in January 2013. Many of the [...]
This is a small study (n=46 college students) that certainly needs replication on a larger scale, with a more demographically diverse sample, before being taken as definitive. However, the finding that "... habit (emphasis added) was a significant predictor of both amount and proportion of alcohol consumed...[and] was shown to effectively discriminate between..." intention and behavior is [...]
Age of Onset and Delay to First Intoxication: College Students Citation: Morean, M. E., Corbin, W. R., & Fromme, K. (2012). Age of first use and delay to first intoxication in relation to trajectories of heavy drinking and alcohol‐related problems during emerging adulthood. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 36(11), 1991-1999. Results An earlier AO and/or [...]
A study published in the September issue of Addictive Behaviors found "...that young people in five schools in the UK do overestimate the smoking behaviour of their peers, particularly in areas with high smoking prevalence in the community surrounding the school. " Click HERE to link to the study by Elsey, Owiredu, Thomson et al.: Do Children [...]
There’s new research publications every day on college alcohol use and other college health issues. It’s hard to keep up! Here are some new articles from our PubMed RSS feed (and beyond) that look very interesting. Apodaca, T. R., Borsari, B., Jackson, K. M., Magill, M., Longabaugh, R., Mastroleo, N. R., & Barnett, N. P. (2014). Sustain [...]
A recent study found that nearly 85% of college students of legal drinking age have provided alcohol to underage individuals, often friends or family members. The study found that legal and disciplinary consequences were likely deterrants to providing alcohol to underage users, and social norms favoring alcohol use were likely motivators. More research is needed [...]
Barnett, N. P., Clerkin, E. M., Wood, M., Monti, P. M., Tevyaw, T. O. L., Corriveau, D., ... & Kahler, C. W. (2014). Description and predictors of positive and negative alcohol-related consequences in the first year of college. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 75(1), 103. Boekeloo, B. O., Bush, E. N., & Novik, [...]
Classic References for Social Norms Interventions A few “must have” peer-reviewed articles related to social norms interventions, primarily with college students to reduce risky drinking. The one that started it all: Perkins, H. W., & Berkowitz, A. D. (1986). Perceiving the community norms of alcohol use among students: Some research implications for campus alcohol education [...]
References (mostly 2013-2014, with a few older selections) Ahmed, R., Hustad, J. T., Lasalle, L., & Borsari, B. (2014). Hospitalizations for Students With an Alcohol-Related Sanction: Gender and Pregaming as Risk Factors. Journal of American College Health, 62. Alfonso, J., Hall, T. V., & Dunn, M. E. (2014). Feedback-based alcohol interventions for mandated students: an [...]
