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Protective Behavioral Strategies and Alcohol Consumption: The Moderating Role of Drinking-Group Gender Composition
Background. There is international concern about the negative consequences for health related to young people’s alcohol consumption. Peer relationships can play a positive and protective role to cope with risky behaviors associated with alcohol consumption. Objective. This study investigated the inf...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6427807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30871129 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050900 |
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author | Tabernero, Carmen Gutiérrez-Domingo, Tamara Luque, Bárbara García-Vázquez, Olaya Cuadrado, Esther |
author_facet | Tabernero, Carmen Gutiérrez-Domingo, Tamara Luque, Bárbara García-Vázquez, Olaya Cuadrado, Esther |
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description | Background. There is international concern about the negative consequences for health related to young people’s alcohol consumption. Peer relationships can play a positive and protective role to cope with risky behaviors associated with alcohol consumption. Objective. This study investigated the influence of protective behavioral strategies (PBS) on alcohol consumption and the moderating role of drinking-group gender composition and drinking-group size. Methods. The sample comprised 286 youths (mean age = 23.49; SD = 2.78; 67.5% female). Participants reported their protective behavioral strategies, their alcohol consumption and the size (overall mean = 7.44; SD = 3.83) and gender composition (62.58% mixed; 19.93% all-female; 9.8% all-male) of their social drinking groups. The mean sizes of mixed, all-female, and all-male groups were 8.27, 5.34, and 6.2, respectively. Results. Data showed that women consume less alcohol and use more protective strategies than men, particularly those strategies directed at avoiding negative consequences. Furthermore, the number of men in a group influences protective strategies and consumption, therefore drinking-group gender composition moderates the relationship between protective strategies and alcohol consumption. The more protective strategies that young adults use, the lower their alcohol consumption. This relationship is moderated by the size of the group. Conclusion. Strategies to prevent risky drinking behavior should focus on both PBS shared by drinking-group members and the training in individual PBS associated with drinking behavior. Finally, taking into account the relationship between drinking-group gender composition and protective behavioral strategies for alcohol consumption, a positive protector role for individual and group habits in relation to alcohol consumption is discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-64278072019-04-10 Protective Behavioral Strategies and Alcohol Consumption: The Moderating Role of Drinking-Group Gender Composition Tabernero, Carmen Gutiérrez-Domingo, Tamara Luque, Bárbara García-Vázquez, Olaya Cuadrado, Esther Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background. There is international concern about the negative consequences for health related to young people’s alcohol consumption. Peer relationships can play a positive and protective role to cope with risky behaviors associated with alcohol consumption. Objective. This study investigated the influence of protective behavioral strategies (PBS) on alcohol consumption and the moderating role of drinking-group gender composition and drinking-group size. Methods. The sample comprised 286 youths (mean age = 23.49; SD = 2.78; 67.5% female). Participants reported their protective behavioral strategies, their alcohol consumption and the size (overall mean = 7.44; SD = 3.83) and gender composition (62.58% mixed; 19.93% all-female; 9.8% all-male) of their social drinking groups. The mean sizes of mixed, all-female, and all-male groups were 8.27, 5.34, and 6.2, respectively. Results. Data showed that women consume less alcohol and use more protective strategies than men, particularly those strategies directed at avoiding negative consequences. Furthermore, the number of men in a group influences protective strategies and consumption, therefore drinking-group gender composition moderates the relationship between protective strategies and alcohol consumption. The more protective strategies that young adults use, the lower their alcohol consumption. This relationship is moderated by the size of the group. Conclusion. Strategies to prevent risky drinking behavior should focus on both PBS shared by drinking-group members and the training in individual PBS associated with drinking behavior. Finally, taking into account the relationship between drinking-group gender composition and protective behavioral strategies for alcohol consumption, a positive protector role for individual and group habits in relation to alcohol consumption is discussed. MDPI 2019-03-12 2019-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6427807/ /pubmed/30871129 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050900 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Tabernero, Carmen Gutiérrez-Domingo, Tamara Luque, Bárbara García-Vázquez, Olaya Cuadrado, Esther Protective Behavioral Strategies and Alcohol Consumption: The Moderating Role of Drinking-Group Gender Composition |
title | Protective Behavioral Strategies and Alcohol Consumption: The Moderating Role of Drinking-Group Gender Composition |
title_full | Protective Behavioral Strategies and Alcohol Consumption: The Moderating Role of Drinking-Group Gender Composition |
title_fullStr | Protective Behavioral Strategies and Alcohol Consumption: The Moderating Role of Drinking-Group Gender Composition |
title_full_unstemmed | Protective Behavioral Strategies and Alcohol Consumption: The Moderating Role of Drinking-Group Gender Composition |
title_short | Protective Behavioral Strategies and Alcohol Consumption: The Moderating Role of Drinking-Group Gender Composition |
title_sort | protective behavioral strategies and alcohol consumption: the moderating role of drinking-group gender composition |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6427807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30871129 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050900 |
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