The influence of individual and cultural factors on perceptions of alcohol control strategies among university students in Europe

IF 1.5 4区社会学 Q3 SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy Pub Date : 2022-05-12 DOI:10.1080/09687637.2022.2072189

R. D. de Visser, Franca Beccaria, J. Demant, Maria Fernandes‐Jesus, L. Fleig, U. Scholz, R. Cooke

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Abstract Alcohol control strategies vary between countries and reflect differences in drinking cultures. This study explored how perceived effectiveness of alcohol control strategies varies according to individual characteristics and country of residence. A cross-sectional online survey was completed by 1910 university students in Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Switzerland. It assessed the perceived effectiveness of 11 alcohol control strategies. Correlates included sensation-seeking, alcohol outcome expectancies, drink refusal self-efficacy, and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores. Bivariate analysis using mixed-measures MANOVA and Pearson correlations were followed by linear regression to identify multivariate correlates. These analyses revealed that educational strategies (e.g. teaching people skills to resist peer pressure) were considered more effective than restrictive strategies (e.g. raising the legal drinking age). Perceived effectiveness was greater among women and lighter drinkers. Country of residence also explained unique variance. The findings highlight the need to consider the potential impact of drinking culture in alcohol-related harm-reduction strategies.

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个人和文化因素对欧洲大学生酒精控制策略认知的影响

酒精控制策略因国家而异，反映了饮酒文化的差异。本研究探讨了酒精控制策略的感知有效性如何根据个人特征和居住国而变化。一项横断面在线调查由丹麦、英国、德国、意大利、葡萄牙和瑞士的1910名大学生完成。它评估了11种酒精控制策略的感知有效性。相关因素包括寻求感觉、酒精结果预期、拒绝饮酒自我效能和酒精使用障碍识别测试(AUDIT)分数。采用混合测量方差分析和Pearson相关性进行双变量分析，然后进行线性回归以确定多变量相关性。这些分析表明，教育策略(如教授人们抵抗同伴压力的技能)被认为比限制性策略(如提高法定饮酒年龄)更有效。在女性和轻度饮酒者中，效果更明显。居住国也解释了独特的差异。研究结果强调，在减少酒精相关危害的策略中，需要考虑饮酒文化的潜在影响。

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Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy SUBSTANCE ABUSE-

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期刊介绍： Drugs: education, prevention & policy is a refereed journal which aims to provide a forum for communication and debate between policy makers, practitioners and researchers concerned with social and health policy responses to legal and illicit drug use and drug-related harm. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research papers, commentaries and reviews on policy, prevention and harm reduction issues regarding the use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. It is journal policy to encourage submissions which reflect different cultural, historical and theoretical approaches to the development of policy and practice.