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Maturing Out: Between- and Within-Persons Changes in Social-Network Drinking, Drinking Identity, and Hazardous
Kristen P Lindgren1, Scott A Baldwin2, Kirsten P Peterson1
1Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington.
Summary
Many college students naturally reduce hazardous drinking (HD) after graduation. This study found drinking identity may be a marker, not a mechanism, of this reduction, suggesting it reflects changes in HD rather than causing them.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Sociology
Background:
- College graduation marks a transition period where many students reduce hazardous drinking (HD) without formal intervention.
- Understanding the cognitive mechanisms behind this natural reduction in HD is critical for public health strategies.
- Drinking identity, the extent to which individuals view themselves as drinkers, is a potential factor influencing drinking behavior.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate drinking identity as a cognitive mechanism for natural HD reduction post-college.
- To examine the within-person relationships between changes in social network drinking, drinking identity, and personal HD during the transition out of college.
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal study of 422 undergraduates reporting HD, assessed from six months before to two years after graduation.
- Online assessments measured personal drinking, drinking identity, and social network drinking patterns.
- Statistical analyses explored mediation and association between within-person changes in these variables.
Main Results:
- Within-person changes in drinking identity did not mediate the link between social network drinking changes and personal HD reduction.
- Significant positive between-person associations were observed across all measured constructs (social network drinking, drinking identity, personal HD).
- Evidence suggested that changes in drinking identity tended to follow, rather than precede, changes in personal HD.
Conclusions:
- Drinking identity may serve as an indicator or marker of natural HD reduction during the post-college transition, rather than a direct causal mechanism.
- The findings suggest that shifts in how individuals perceive themselves as drinkers may reflect, rather than drive, changes in their drinking behaviors.
- Further research is needed to fully elucidate the complex interplay of social and cognitive factors in natural alcohol use reduction.
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