Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, United States.
Addict Behav. 2023 Dec;147:107831. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107831. Epub 2023 Aug 9.
The first year of college is often marked by increased levels of alcohol consumption; first-year students also vary in their sense of fitting in on campus. Research has amply documented the links between social and enhancement drinking motives with various alcohol outcomes among college students. However, it is unclear how perceived levels of fitting in on campus potentially buffers or amplifies the relationship between drinking motives and drinking behavior. We explored whether perceptions of fitting in on campus moderated effects of social and/or enhancement drinking motives on drinks per week. A sample of 121 heavy drinking first year college students (50 % female, 58 % non-Latinx White, M = 18 years of age) were assessed twice in their first semester (baseline, 3 months) in the context of an alcohol-specific intervention. Hierarchical linear regressions were conducted to test whether drinking motives (social and enhancement) at baseline prospectively predicted drinks per week at 3 months. We hypothesized a positive association between both drinking motives and drinks per week; whether fitting in moderates these relationships was exploratory. Regression analyses yielded non-significant main effects of social motives, enhancement motives, and feelings of fitting in on drinks per week. There was no significant interaction for social motives, but the interaction between enhancement motives and fitting in was significant. Participants with a low sense of fitting in had a strong positive relationship between enhancement motives and drinks per week. Improving perceptions of fitting in for first-year college students may potentially reduce the association between enhancement drinking motives and drinks per week.
大学生活的第一年往往伴随着饮酒量的增加；大一新生对校园归属感也存在差异。研究充分证明了社交和增强型饮酒动机与大学生各种饮酒后果之间的联系。然而，在校归属感的感知程度如何缓冲或放大饮酒动机和饮酒行为之间的关系还不清楚。我们探讨了在校归属感是否调节了社交和/或增强型饮酒动机对每周饮酒量的影响。在一项针对特定酒精的干预研究中，我们对 121 名重度饮酒的大一新生（50%为女性，58%为非拉丁裔白人，平均年龄为 18 岁）进行了两次评估，时间分别在第一学期的基线期（3 个月）。采用分层线性回归来检验基线时的饮酒动机（社交和增强型）是否能预测 3 个月时的每周饮酒量。我们假设社交动机和增强型动机与每周饮酒量之间存在正相关；在校归属感是否调节这些关系是探索性的。回归分析显示，社交动机、增强型动机和归属感对每周饮酒量都没有显著的主效应。社交动机之间没有显著的交互作用，但增强型动机和归属感之间的交互作用是显著的。归属感较低的参与者，增强型动机与每周饮酒量之间存在强烈的正相关关系。提高大一新生的归属感可能会降低增强型饮酒动机与每周饮酒量之间的关联。
