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Eleanor L Leavens1, Thad R Leffingwell1, Mary Beth Miller1,2
1a Department of Psychology , Oklahoma State University , Stillwater , OK , USA.
Objective:
Research suggests college students rate some alcohol-related consequences less negatively than others, yet it is unclear how or when these differences in perception develop. The current study compared college students' subjective evaluations of alcohol-related consequences that they had and had not experienced in order to test the hypothesis that students become desensitized to the consequences they experience.
Participants:
Participants were 269 undergraduate students enrolled at a large, public, Midwestern university.
Methods:
Participants completed measures of drinking behaviors, consequences experienced, and subjective evaluations of consequences via an online survey.
Results:
Participants rated the consequences they had personally experienced more positively than those they had not experienced. Similarly, individuals who reported experiencing consequences rated them as significantly more positive than those who had not experienced the same consequences.
Conclusions:
Experience with consequences is associated with more positive evaluations of those consequences. Therefore, it may be important to consider individuals' experiences with, and evaluations of, alcohol-related consequences in college student drinking interventions.
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