کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
899076 915359 2014 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Alcohol-related problems and life satisfaction predict motivation to change among mandated college students
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
مشکلات مربوط به الکل و رضایت از زندگی، انگیزه تغییر در میان دانشجویان مجاز را پیش بینی می کنند
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
چکیده انگلیسی


• Life satisfaction and specific alcohol problems predicted motivation to change.
• Relationship between personal problems and motivation depends on social problems.
• Abuse/dependence symptoms and poor life satisfaction associated with motivation
• The nature of the relationship varies across levels of severity.

The present study investigated the role specific types of alcohol-related problems and life satisfaction play in predicting motivation to change alcohol use. Participants were 548 college students mandated to complete a brief intervention following an alcohol-related policy violation. Using hierarchical multiple regression, we tested for the presence of interaction and quadratic effects on baseline data collected prior to the intervention. A significant interaction indicated that the relationship between a respondent's personal consequences and his/her motivation to change differs depending upon the level of concurrent social consequences. Additionally quadratic effects for abuse/dependence symptoms and life satisfaction were found. The quadratic probes suggest that abuse/dependence symptoms and poor life satisfaction are both positively associated with motivation to change for a majority of the sample; however, the nature of these relationships changes for participants with more extreme scores. Results support the utility of using a multidimensional measure of alcohol related problems and assessing non-linear relationships when assessing predictors of motivation to change. The results also suggest that the best strategies for increasing motivation may vary depending on the types of alcohol-related problems and level of life satisfaction the student is experiencing and highlight potential directions for future research.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Addictive Behaviors - Volume 39, Issue 4, April 2014, Pages 811–817
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