کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
11027644 1666205 2019 21 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
How do college students subjectively evaluate “blackouts”?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
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How do college students subjectively evaluate “blackouts”?
چکیده انگلیسی
Blackouts (i.e., alcohol induced memory impairment) are common among college student drinkers, and they are associated with several additional harms. However, alcohol consequences are not perceived universally as negative by the students who experience them, and little is known regarding students' specific thoughts and feelings about blackouts. We conducted a series of single-gender focus groups (8 groups; 5-8 per group; n = 50, 56% female) with college student drinkers. Questions focused on: (a) their subjective evaluations of blackouts and (b) factors influencing those evaluations (i.e., what determines whether a blackout is perceived as a negative/neutral/positive experience). Verbatim transcripts were content analyzed using applied thematic analysis with NVivo software. Evaluations of blackouts were primarily negative, with some notable positive, neutral and mixed reactions. Influences on blackout evaluations included those demonstrated as influential on broader alcohol consequences in prior work (e.g., normative perceptions, social context). However, some contextual influences on evaluations that may be specific to blackouts included pre-blackout events, the objective severity (extent/length) of memory loss, what participants later learned had happened during the blackout, and whether or not they had expected to blackout. Findings provide insight into why some students are not necessarily concerned with blackout experiences.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Addictive Behaviors - Volume 89, February 2019, Pages 65-69
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