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Vocational Community College Students' Conversations about Binge Drinking
Elroy Boers1, Hanneke Hendriks2, Bas Van den Putte2
1a CHU Sainte Justine Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry , University of Montreal , Montreal , Quebec , Canada.
Journal of Health Communication
|December 8, 2018
Summary
Binge drinking interventions for vocational students may fail because they don't address key beliefs. This study identified crucial cognitive, affective, efficacy, and social judgment beliefs related to binge drinking in this population.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral Science
- Public Health
- Psychology
Background:
- Binge drinking persists among vocational community college students.
- Current interventions may be ineffective due to targeting unrelated beliefs.
Purpose of the Study:
- Identify salient beliefs about binge drinking in vocational community college students.
- Inform future intervention strategies for this demographic.
Main Methods:
- Deductive qualitative content analysis of student conversations.
- Utilized the integrative model of behavioral prediction.
Main Results:
- Identified significant cognitive and affective outcome beliefs and efficacy beliefs.
- Discovered novel social judgment beliefs regarding peer binge drinking.
Conclusions:
- Salient beliefs identified are crucial indicators of vocational student binge drinking.
- Findings provide a foundation for developing targeted and effective interventions.