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College students' daily-level reasons for not drinking
Ross E O'Hara1, Stephen Armeli, Howard Tennen
1Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, USA.
Drug and Alcohol Review
|July 1, 2014
Summary
College students
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Behavioral Science
- Public Health
Background:
- Motivational models of alcohol use often focus on approach motives.
- Avoidance motives, or reasons for not drinking (RNDs), are less studied in college students.
- Micro-longitudinal studies are needed to understand daily variations in RNDs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore daily and individual factors associated with college students' reasons for not drinking (RNDs).
- To identify potential inhibitors of alcohol use among college students.
- To examine the relationship between mood, drinking motives, and RNDs.
Main Methods:
- A 30-day daily diary study was conducted with 1631 college students.
- Participants reported daily reasons for not drinking (RNDs) on non-drinking evenings.
- Data collected included daily moods, global drinking motives, and alcohol expectancies.
Main Results:
- Daily sadness was linked to not drinking due to social reasons but not academic reasons.
- Daily anxiety related to not drinking due to lack of desire and responsibilities.
- Individual RNDs correlated with coping/conformity motives and positive alcohol expectancies.
Conclusions:
- Moods have complex effects on drinking behavior, influencing both approach and avoidance motives.
- Distinct moods may inhibit or promote alcohol consumption through various pathways.
- Future research should measure both reasons for and against drinking in daily diary studies.
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