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Health values buffer social-environmental risks for adolescent alcohol misuse.

A Reifman1, G M Barnes, B A Dintcheff

  • 1Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Human Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409-1162, USA. AReifman@hs.ttu.edu

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors : Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors
|September 21, 2001
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Adolescents valuing health showed less alcohol misuse despite social risks. A health-valuing attitude acts as a protective factor against negative environmental influences on adolescent drinking behaviors.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Adolescent alcohol misuse is a significant public health concern.
  • Social and environmental factors are known contributors to adolescent substance use.
  • Understanding protective factors is crucial for developing effective prevention strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine if a health-valuing attitude can mitigate the impact of social-environmental risks on adolescent alcohol misuse.
  • To investigate the potential buffering effect of health values in the context of adolescent drinking.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of data from a representative sample of 17- to 20-year-old adolescents.
  • Construction of a social-environmental risk index including factors like peer drinking and parental monitoring.

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  • Statistical analysis to test for interaction effects between risk factors and health-valuing attitude.

    • Main Results:

    • A significant buffering interaction was found, indicating that high social-environmental risk was associated with greater alcohol misuse only in adolescents with a low value on health.
    • Adolescents with a high value on health did not show increased alcohol misuse even when exposed to high environmental risk.
    • The buffering effect was observed for total alcohol consumption and for consuming five or more drinks at a time.

    Conclusions:

    • A health-valuing attitude can serve as a protective factor, buffering adolescents against the negative effects of social-environmental risks on alcohol misuse.
    • Promoting health-valuing attitudes may be a key strategy in preventing adolescent alcohol misuse.
    • Interventions should consider both risk reduction and the cultivation of protective attitudes.