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{"title":"College Student Social Network Characteristics and Alcohol Use: Differences (and Similarities) Based on Sexual Identity and Attraction.","authors":"Gabriela López, Alyssa L Norris, Matthew K Meisel, Nancy P Barnett","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00119","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00119","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Sexual minority (SM) college students have higher alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences than heterosexual students. Peers are salient determinants of young adult drinking, and examining social network characteristics is useful for understanding peer influence. This study used social network methods to understand network characteristics, alcohol use (i.e., max drinks), and alcohol consequences of SM and heterosexual college students.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Sexual minority and heterosexual junior-year college students (<i>N</i> = 1,150) were compared on (1) social network features (eigenvector centrality, indegree, outdegree, mutuality, closeness), and (2) alcohol use and consequences. We also determined (3) whether social network characteristics were associated with alcohol use and consequences, and (4) whether these associations differed based on sexual identity or attraction.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Students reporting a bisexual identity or same-gender attraction had greater eigenvector centrality (<i>global popularity or prestige</i>) than heterosexual or students reporting exclusively other-gender attraction, respectively. Students reporting same-gender attraction had higher outdegree (<i>expansiveness</i>) and more reciprocated ties (<i>mutuality</i>) than individuals reporting exclusively other-gender attraction, but heterosexual students and students with other-gender attraction reported higher relationship <i>closeness</i>; they also reported a higher number of drinks than bisexual students and students with same-gender attraction. One significant interaction showed that outdegree (<i>expansiveness</i>) was associated with alcohol consequences for students who reported any same-gender attraction, but not for students who reported exclusively opposite-gender attraction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SM college students' greater network prominence differs from research with adolescents and might reflect students' efforts to establish more affirming social connections in a college environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142558102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence and correlates of driving under the influence of alcohol and cannabis among Spanish adolescents.","authors":"Alba González-Roz, Clara Iza-Fernández, Layla Alemán-Moussa, Roberto Secades-Villa","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00132","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Driving under the influence (DUI) of substances is the first cause of death among young populations. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of research looking at DUI risk factors in adolescents. This study aimed to estimate the past-year prevalence and correlates of DUI of alcohol (DUI-A), cannabis (DUI-C), and both (DUI-A+C) in adolescents who reported past-year alcohol and cannabis use.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The study sample comprised 3,175 [(47.9 % females; <i>M</i>_age (<i>SD</i>) = 16.76 (.70)] Spanish adolescents from a national representative survey (ESTUDES) conducted by the Spanish Ministry of Health. Hierarchical regression models were conducted to identify correlates of DUI-A only, DUI-C only, and both behaviors, including sociodemographic, substance use and parental control variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Past-year prevalence of DUI was 9.9 % among past-year alcohol and cannabis users. Past-year DUI of substances was more likely among males (15.4 %) relative to females (6 %) [χ² = 73.39, <i>p</i> = <.001, Φ = .152]. Being male, reporting higher past-month days of cannabis use and cannabis-related problems were common risk factors for DUI-C and DUI-A+C. Risk factors of DUI-A were greater money availability for going out, higher past-month frequency of heavy drinking episodes and lower past-month cannabis use days. Specific correlates of DUI-A+C were being 18, past-year simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use, and earlier age of alcohol use initiation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is a need to address DUI in substance use prevention in school settings. Screening should be particularly focused on adolescent substance users, while interventions should target attitudes and risk of substance use and driving.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The influence of drinking consequences on alcohol expectancy likelihoods and valences: an item-level multi-level approach.","authors":"Megan E Schultz, Jonas Dora, Kevin M King","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Alcohol expectancy theory proposes that beliefs about drinking motivate or deter drinking. Although expectancies influence drinking, less is known about how the consequences of drinking influence expectancies. We modeled a feedback conceptualization of how the experience of specific consequences influenced people's beliefs about how likely a consequence will occur (i.e., likelihoods) and how positive the consequence will be (i.e., valences).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We re-analyzed cross-sectional data from college drinkers (n = 504), using Bayesian cross-classified multilevel ordinal regressions to estimate associations between consequences, likelihoods, and valences. We performed a preregistered replication in new data (n = 362).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants had higher likelihoods (95% CI_{Study 1} = [2.06, 2.43], 95% CI_{Study 2} = [1.75, 2.12]) and valences (95% CI_{Study 1} = [0.28, 0.52], 95% CI_{Study 2} = [0.33, 0.60]) when they had experienced consequences more often, but these associations leveled off at higher consequence frequencies. Participants also believed consequences to be more likely when they viewed them as more positive, and vice versa, and again, these associations leveled off at higher levels of the predictor. Critically, the strength of these associations varied across both people <i>and</i> consequences.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Experiencing specific consequences more often was related to people judging them to be more likely and more positive in the future, aligning with alcohol expectancy theory. This may lead to experiencing negative consequences repeatedly because people are not being demotivated from drinking in the same fashion. Given the person and consequence level variability, clinicians should consider an individualized approach when targeting drinking consequences.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The value of neuroscience-based approaches for the study of alcohol and drugs.","authors":"Mary M Torregrossa","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00371","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Besides the drinking in alcohol's harm to others: potential economic and environmental factors.","authors":"Robin Room, Dan Anderson-Luxford, Sandra Kuntsche, Anne-Marie Laslett","doi":"10.15288/jsad.23-00340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.23-00340","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This paper considers how harm from others' drinking is distributed across several economic and environmental factors.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Economic, environmental, demographic and drinking measures include: household income, financial disadvantage indicators, home spaciousness; neighbourhood socioeconomic status (SES), connections and safety; and respondent's gender, age group and risky drinking status. The paper explores interactions of these factors with harms from the drinking of others in a 2021 survey of 2574 Australian adults.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The home's degree of crowding (persons per bedroom) is related to harms from others in the household, while financial disadvantage is related to harm from drinkers outside the household, whether known or strangers. Perceived neighbourhood safety and knowing neighbours are negatively related to harms from the drinking of others outside the household. In multivariate analyses for harms from household members and from strangers, these findings are little affected by three individual factors related to harms from others' drinking: the respondent's gender, age group and risky drinking status.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Some economic and ecological factors play an important role in the occurrence of harms from others' drinking, but the relationship varies both between factors and by the category of other person involved.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Changes in Sources of Information about the Risks and Benefits of Cannabis in a National Cohort of US Adults from 2017 - 2021.","authors":"Francis Julian L Graham, Salomeh Keyhani, Pamela Ling, Vira Pravosud, Nhung Nguyen, Deborah Hasin, Beth E Cohen","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>As more states legalize cannabis in the US, marketing from the cannabis industry and news coverage of cannabis have increased. Sources of information on cannabis can influence beliefs about risks and benefits. Yet, little is known about how the use and influence of specific sources of information have changed over time.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted a longitudinal study of 5053 US adults between 2017 and 2021. Participants were asked about sources of information on cannabis risks and benefits and which sources were most influential using a web-based survey at three different time points (2017, 2020, 2021). We evaluated changes in the use/influence of multiple sources of information from 2017 to 2021 and examined interactions with age, cannabis use and state cannabis legal status.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The largest increases in sources of information on cannabis benefits and risks were in use of health professionals (+5.5% for benefits and +17.4% for risks). The largest declines were in use of traditional media (TV, radio, newspapers) (-12.3% and -11.4%). Use of cannabis advertisements and dispensaries/other industry sources also significantly increased. Health professionals were the most influential source of information in all three waves regardless of age, cannabis use or state legal status.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Participants sought information from different sources, and increasingly relied on health professionals as a primary source, highlighting the need to train healthcare providers about cannabis risks and benefits. While fewer people used traditional media, use of industry sources increased, underscoring the need for accurate cannabis information sources.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Characterizing Collegiate Recovery Programs in the US and Canada: A Survey of Program Directors.","authors":"Noel Vest, Michelle Flesaker, Robert Bohler, Christine Timko, John Kelly, Michael Stein, Keith Humphreys","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00207","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00207","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRPs) play a vital and expanding role in supporting students in recovery from substance use disorders and behavioral addictions at higher education institutions. Despite their importance, there is a lack of comprehensive research characterizing CRPs, including their program directors and the nature and influence of their funding streams.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A survey was administered to 70 CRP directors across the US and Canada. Directors reported on their CRPs across a variety of site physical features, policy and program offerings, and funding sources, with \"sustainable\" funding defined as two or more sources.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CRP directors were predominantly non-Hispanic, White, and female, with representation from gender and sexual minorities. The highest concentration of directors responding were in the US states of North Carolina, California, and Texas. CRPs with more than one funding source served twice as many students and had significantly more space, drop-in facilities, and relapse management policies. CRP directors had positive perceptions of harm reduction principles. Additionally, results highlighted the robust availability of All Recovery meetings and the wide diversity of mutual-help group meetings offered within CRPs and directors' positive perceptions of these meetings.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This research lays a foundation for enhancing CRPs within higher education settings, emphasizing the significance of sustained funding and an inclusive support framework for the program directors that run CRPs. Future studies should further explore the effectiveness of CRPs and their impacts on the schools and students they serve.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The CAMPUS Study: A Systems Approach to Alcohol-Involved Sexual Violence on College Campuses.","authors":"C F Mair, M Dougherty, T R Moore, Rws Coulter, J G Burke, E Miller","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Developing a better mechanistic and multilevel understanding of sexual violence on college campuses can help us evaluate and implement existing interventions, as well as develop new ones. We brought together scientists, practitioners, and college students to collaboratively characterize the systems surrounding alcohol-involved sexual violence on college campuses. Using collaborative model-building, they created models that highlight interconnected and multilevel influences and consequences of sexual violence.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Collaborative model-building activities involved two collaborator groups (twelve students and eight practitioners) and a core modeling team (seven scientists). Each collaborator group met for four two-hour sessions to develop systems models of alcohol use and sexual violence on college campuses. The core modeling team facilitated each session and worked between sessions to ensure the successful development of the model. Specific activities included identifying and prioritizing the causes and consequences of alcohol-involved sexual violence, characterizing the causal relationships between these factors, and developing and modifying causal loop diagrams to illustrate these relationships.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both students and practitioners identified key causes and consequences, including both individual-level (e.g., drinking to intoxication) and campus-level (e.g., institutional support for survivors) constructs. Both groups identified the causal relationships between these variables and identified salient, modifiable mechanisms for reducing alcohol-involved sexual violence.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The collaborative model-building process successfully included diverse collaborator voices, integrating influential factors across multiple social-ecological levels. This iterative and capability-building approach can bridge intensive modeling efforts with the implementation and development of more effective sexual violence interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Feasibility and Acceptability of a Bar-Staff Bystander Intervention Training Program for Reducing Sexual Aggression.","authors":"Karyn Roberts, Kelly Cue Davis, Mary P Koss, Elise C Lopez","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This paper explores the challenges, opportunities, and successes encountered in implementing <i>Safer Bars</i>, a bystander intervention training program to prevent sexual aggression in bars. The study aims to assess the feasibility of program implementation and its acceptability among bar staff and bar owners/managers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the study assessed the feasibility of <i>Safer Bars</i> by documenting bar participation, reasons for declination, and the time elapsed during recruitment, offering insights into experienced challenges and successes. Acceptability was gauged through post-training surveys for bar staff (<i>N</i> = 220) and owners/managers (<i>N</i> = 22), including Likert-scale questions on various aspects of the program and open-ended inquiries about the training's best aspects and potential improvements.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Despite challenges in bar enrollment due to time constraints and financial considerations, the program demonstrated high acceptability among participating bars. Bar staff expressed confidence in applying acquired bystander skills, emphasizing the importance of skilled and knowledgeable trainers. The qualitative analysis of participant feedback revealed valuable insights into the practicality and reception of the intervention.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study provides data from implementation to guide upscaling <i>Safer Bars</i>. Despite feasibility challenges amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the program showed high acceptability among bar staff and owners/managers, indicating its potential impact on addressing sexual aggression in nightlife settings. Future efforts must consider the reality of the alcohol-serving industry and focus on innovative strategies to overcome additional industry-specific barriers to enhance program feasibility.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142468534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social cognitive influences associated with susceptibility to nicotine and tobacco use in youth in the ABCD Study.","authors":"Neal Doran, Marybel Robledo Gonzalez, Kelly E Courtney, Natasha E Wade, William Pelham, Herry Patel, Scott Roesch, Joanna Jacobus","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Chronic use of nicotine and tobacco products (NTP) continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Uptake is most common among youth and young adults but knowledge about effective prevention and intervention approaches is insufficient. The goal of the present study was to examine the impact of social cognitive factors on NTP risk over time among youth in the national ABCD cohort.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants (n=11,880, 47.8% female) were 9-10 years old at baseline, and completed multiple assessments of NTP use and related cognitions over two years. Structural equation modeling was used to estimate concurrent and prospective associations between social cognitive factors (peer and parent NTP use and perceptions of peer approval and harms from e-cigarette use) and risk for NTP use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participant NTP use was primarily of e-cigarettes. Higher levels of parental and especially peer NTP use were significant prospective predictors of greater risk of NTP use. Lower perceived harm from and higher peer approval of e-cigarette use were significant predictors of heightened current but not future NTP risk.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings suggest that youth perceptions of peer NTP use is a key predictor of the likelihood of use and a potential target for interventions designed to prevent or reduce e-cigarette and other NTP use in youth.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>findings indicate that perceived peer use is a more powerful predictor of nicotine and tobacco product (NTP) use than cognitive factors or parental use, even at early ages when youth NTP use is uncommon. This suggests a need for additional early intervention targeting perceptions of and responding to peer NTP use.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142468536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}