Top

Gepubliceerd in:

01-01-2011 | Empirical Research

“I Got Your Back”: Friends’ Understandings Regarding College Student Spring Break Behavior

Auteurs: Megan E. Patrick, Nicole Morgan, Jennifer L. Maggs, Eva S. Lefkowitz

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 1/2011

Abstract

Behaviors that pose threats to safety and health, including binge drinking and unprotected sex, increase during a week-long break from university. Understandings with peers regarding these behaviors may be important for predicting behavior and related harms. College students (N = 651; 48% men) reported having understandings with their friends regarding alcohol use (59%) and sexual behavior (45%) during Spring Break. These understandings were to engage in behaviors characterized by risk (e.g., get drunk [23.5%], have sex with someone new [5.2%]) and protection (e.g., drink without getting drunk [17.8%], use condoms [15.8%]). After controlling for previous semester behavior and going on a Spring Break trip, Get Drunk Understandings predicted a greater likelihood of binge drinking and alcohol-related consequences; No/Safe Sex Understandings predicted condom use; and Sex Understandings predicted not using condoms. Understandings with friends regarding Spring Break behavior may be important proximal predictors of risk behaviors and represent potential targets for event-specific prevention.

vorige artikel Developmental Changes in Conflict Resolution Styles in Parent–Adolescent Relationships: A Four-Wave Longitudinal Study

volgende artikel M. Gigi Durham: The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and Five Keys to Fixing It

Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., & Yu, C. H. (2002). HIV-risk behaviours of American spring break vacationers: A case of situational disinhibition? International Journal of STD and AIDS, 13, 733–743.CrossRefPubMed

Bellis, M. A., Hughes, K., Thomson, R., & Bennett, A. (2004). Sexual behaviour of young people in international tourist resorts. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 80, 43–47.CrossRefPubMed

Benton, S. L., Schmidt, J. L., Newton, F. B., Shin, K., Benton, S. A., & Newton, D. W. (2004). College student protective strategies and drinking consequences. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65, 115–121.PubMed

Brown, B. B., Dolcini, M. M., & Leventhal, A. (1997). Transformations in peer relationships at adolescence: Implications for health-related behavior. In J. E. Schulenberg, J. L. Maggs, & K. Hurrelmann (Eds.), Health risks and developmental transitions during adolescence (pp. 161–189). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Brown, B. B., & Larson, J. (2009). Peer relationships in adolescence. In R. M. Lerner & L. Steinberg (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent psychology (3rd ed., pp. 74–103). New York: Wiley.

Brown, R. R., & Sinclair, R. C. (1999). Estimating number of lifetime sexual partners: Men and women do it differently. Journal of Sex Research, 36, 292–297.CrossRef

Bryan, A., Fisher, J. D., & Fisher, W. A. (2002). Tests of the mediational role of preparatory safer sexual behavior in the context of the theory of planned behavior. Health Psychology, 21, 71–80.CrossRefPubMed

Cantor, N., Norem, J., Langston, C., Zirkel, S., Fleeson, W., & Cook-Flannagan, C. (1991). Life tasks and daily life experience. Journal of Personality, 59, 425–451.CrossRef

Civic, D. (1999). The association between characteristics of dating relationships and condom use among heterosexual young adults. AIDS Education and Prevention, 11, 343–352.PubMed

Crawford, M., & Popp, D. (2003). Sexual double standards: A review and methodological critique of two decades of research. Journal of Sex Research, 40, 13–26.CrossRefPubMed

Del Boca, F. K., Darkes, J., Greenbaum, P. E., & Goldman, M. S. (2004). Up close and personal: Temporal variability in the drinking of individual college students during their first year. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 155–164.CrossRefPubMed

Delva, J., Smith, M. P., Howell, R. L., Harrison, D. F., Wilke, D., & Jackson, D. L. (2004). A study of the relationship between protective behaviors and drinking consequences among undergraduate college students. Journal of American College Health, 53, 19–27.CrossRefPubMed

Dorsey, A. M., Scherer, C. W., & Real, K. (1999). The college tradition of “drink ‘til you drop”: The relation between students’ social networks and engaging in risky behaviors. Health Communication, 11, 313–334.CrossRef

Greenbaum, P. E., Del Boca, F. K., Darkes, J., Wang, C., & Goldman, M. S. (2005). Variation in the drinking trajectories of freshmen college students. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 229–238.CrossRefPubMed

Grekin, E. R., & Sher, K. J. (2006). Alcohol dependence symptoms among college freshmen: Prevalence, stability, and person–environment interactions. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 14, 329–338.CrossRefPubMed

Grekin, E. R., Sher, K. J., & Krull, J. L. (2007). College spring break and alcohol use: Effects of spring break activity. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 68, 681–688.PubMed

Harris, K. M., Halpern, C. T., Entzel, P., Tabor, J., Bearman, P. S., & Udry, J. R. (2008). The national longitudinal study of adolescent health: Research design. URL: http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth/design.

Johnston, L. D., O’Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2009). Monitoring the future national survey results on drug use, 1975–2008. Volume I: Secondary school students (NIH Publication No. 09–7402). Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Kiene, S. M., Tennen, H., & Armeli, S. (2008). Today I’ll use a condom, but who knows about tomorrow: A daily process study of variability in predictors of condom use. Health Psychology, 27, 463–472.CrossRefPubMed

Larimer, M. E., Lee, C. M., Kilmer, J. R., Fabiano, P. M., Stark, C. B., Geisner, I. M., et al. (2007). Personalized mailed feedback for college drinking prevention: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 285–293.CrossRefPubMed

Lee, C. M., Lewis, M. A., & Neighbors, C. (2009). Preliminary examination of spring break alcohol use and related consequences. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 689–694.CrossRefPubMed

Lee, C. M., Maggs, J. L., & Rankin, L. A. (2006). Spring break trips as a risk factor for heavy alcohol use among first-year college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67, 911–916.PubMed

Lefkowitz, E. S. (2005). “Things have gotten better”: Developmental changes among emerging adults after the transition to university. Journal of Adolescent Research, 20, 40–63.CrossRef

Lefkowitz, E. S., & Gillen, M. M. (2005). “Sex is just a normal part of life”: Sexuality in emerging adulthood. In J. J. Arnett & J. L. Tanner (Eds.), Emerging adults in America: Coming of age in the 21st century (pp. 235–255). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Martens, M. P., Ferrier, A. G., Sheehy, M. J., Corbett, K., Anderson, D. A., & Simmons, A. (2005). Development of the protective behavioral strategies survey. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 66, 698–705.PubMed

Maticka-Tyndale, E., & Herold, E. S. (1997). The scripting of sexual behaviour: Canadian university students on Spring Break in Florida. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 6, 317–328.

Maticka-Tyndale, E., & Herold, E. S. (1999). Condom use on Spring-Break vacation: The influence of intentions, prior use, and context. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 1010–1027.CrossRef

Maticka-Tyndale, E., Herold, E. S., & Mewhinney, D. (1998). Casual sex on spring break: Intentions and behaviors of Canadian students. The Journal of Sex Research, 35, 254–264.CrossRef

McCabe, S. E., Schulenberg, J. E., Johnston, L. D., O’Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Kloska, D. D. (2005). Selection and socialization effects of fraternities and sororities on US college student substance use: A multi-cohort national longitudinal study. Addiction, 100, 512–524.CrossRefPubMed

Mewhinney, D. M., Herold, E. S., & Maticka-Tyndale, E. (1995). Sexual scripts and risk-taking of Canadian university students on Spring Break in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 4, 273–288.

Neal, D. J., & Fromme, K. (2007). Hook em horns and heavy drinking: Alcohol use and collegiate sports. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2681–2693.CrossRefPubMed

Neighbors, C., Walters, S. T., Lee, C. M., Vader, A. M., Vehige, T., Szigethy, T., et al. (2007). Event-specific prevention: Addressing college student drinking during known windows of risk. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2667–2680.CrossRefPubMed

NIAAA. (2003). Task force on recommended alcohol questions: National Council on alcohol abuse and alcoholism recommended sets of alcohol consumption questions. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Resources/ResearchResources/TaskForce.htm.

Park, A., Sher, K. J., & Krull, J. L. (2008). Risky drinking in college changes as fraternity/sorority affiliation changes: A person-environment perspective. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 219–229.CrossRefPubMed

Park, A., Sher, K. J., Wood, P. K., & Krull, J. L. (2009). Dual mechanisms underlying accentuation of risky drinking via fraternity/sorority affiliation: The role of personality, peer norms, and alcohol availability. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 241–255.CrossRefPubMed

Patrick, M. E., & Maggs, J. L. (2009). Does drinking lead to sex? Daily alcohol-sex behaviors and expectancies among college students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 472–481.CrossRefPubMed

Patrick, M. E., Maggs, J. L., & Abar, C. C. (2007). Reasons to have sex, personal goals, and sexual behavior during the transition to college. Journal of Sex Research, 44, 240–249.PubMed

Rhoades, B. L., & Maggs, J. L. (2006). Do academic and social goals predict planned alcohol use among college-bound high school graduates? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 913–923.CrossRef

Rogstad, K. E. (2004). Sex, sun, sea, and STIs: Sexually transmitted infections acquired on holiday. British Medical Journal, 329, 4–7.CrossRef

Rutledge, P. C., Park, A., & Sher, K. J. (2008). 21^st birthday drinking: Extremely extreme. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 511–516.CrossRefPubMed

Salmela-Aro, K., Aunola, K., & Nurmi, J. (2007). Personal goals during emerging adulthood: A 10-year follow up. Journal of Adolescent Research, 22, 690–715.CrossRef

Salmela-Aro, K., & Nurmi, J. (1997). Goal contents, well-being, and life context during transition to university: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 20, 471–491.CrossRef

Scholly, K., Katz, A. R., Gascoigne, J., & Holck, P. S. (2005). Using social norms theory to explain perceptions and sexual health behaviors of undergraduate college students: An exploratory study. Journal of American College Health, 53, 159–166.CrossRefPubMed

Schwartz, R. H., Milteer, R., Sheridan, M. H., & Horner, C. P. (1999). Beach week: A high school graduation rite of passage for sun, sand, suds, and sex. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 153, 180–183.

Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J., Carey, K. B., & Carey, M. P. (2008). Health behavior and college students: Does Greek affiliation matter? Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 31, 61–70.CrossRefPubMed

Smeaton, G. L., Josiam, B. M., & Dietrich, U. C. (1998). College students’ binge drinking at a beach-front destination during spring break. Journal of American College Health, 46, 247–254.CrossRefPubMed

Sönmez, S., Apostolopoulos, Y., Yu, C. H., Yang, S., Mattila, A., & Yu, L. C. (2006). Binge drinking and casual sex on spring break. Annals of Tourism Research, 33, 895–917.CrossRef

Steinberg, L., & Morris, A. S. (2001). Adolescent development. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 83–110.CrossRefPubMed

Wechsler, H., Dowdall, G. W., Davenport, A., & Rimm, E. B. (1995). A gender-specific measure of binge drinking among college students. American Journal of Public Health, 85, 982–985.CrossRefPubMed

Wilsnack, S. C., & Wilsnack, R. W. (2002). International gender and alcohol research: Recent findings and future directions. Alcohol Research & Health, 26, 245–250.

Titel: “I Got Your Back”: Friends’ Understandings Regarding College Student Spring Break Behavior
Auteurs: Megan E. Patrick
Nicole Morgan
Jennifer L. Maggs
Eva S. Lefkowitz
Publicatiedatum: 01-01-2011
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 1/2011
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-010-9515-8

Bohn Stafleu van Loghum

Deel dit onderdeel of sectie (kopieer de link)

Abstract

Log in om toegang te krijgen

Andere artikelen Uitgave 1/2011

Quality of Social Relationships and the Development of Depression in Parentally-Bereaved Youth

Body Dissatisfaction Among Adolescent Boys and Girls: The Effects of Body Mass, Peer Appearance Culture and Internalization of Appearance Ideals

M. Gigi Durham: The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and Five Keys to Fixing It

Developmental Changes in Conflict Resolution Styles in Parent–Adolescent Relationships: A Four-Wave Longitudinal Study

Identity-Linked Perceptions of the Police Among African American Juvenile Offenders: A Developmental Perspective

The Effects of Pathological Gaming on Aggressive Behavior