TY - JOUR
T1 - Sensation seeking and adolescent drinking
T2 - Do protective behavioral strategies lower risk?
AU - Doumas, Diana M.
AU - Russo, G. Michael
AU - Miller, Raissa
AU - Esp, Susan
AU - Mastroleo, Nadine R.
AU - Turrisi, Rob
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Andrea Pikes, April Watts, Beverly Glouser, and Dayna Showalter for assistance with participant recruitment and data collection. This work was supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health under Grant Number R21AA023880. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the American Counseling Association.
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Using a cross-sectional design, we examined protective behavioral strategies (PBS) as a moderator of the relationship between sensation seeking and hazardous drinking and alcohol-related consequences among high school seniors (N = 212). Hierarchical regression analyses indicated sensation seeking was a significant predictor of binge drinking (β = 0.65, p < 0.001), prepartying (β = 0.71, p < 0.001), gaming (β = 0.75, p < 0.001), and alcohol-related consequences (β = 0.69, p < 0.001). Further, PBS moderated these relationships such that among high sensation seeking adolescents, PBS use was associated with better outcomes, including lower levels of binge drinking (β = −0.37, p < 0.01), prepartying (β = −0.44, p < 0.01), gaming (β = −0.31, p < 0.05), and alcohol-related consequences (β = −0.53, p < 0.001). We discuss counseling implications, including assessment and harm reduction strategies focusing on PBS to reduce hazardous drinking among high sensation seeking adolescents.
AB - Using a cross-sectional design, we examined protective behavioral strategies (PBS) as a moderator of the relationship between sensation seeking and hazardous drinking and alcohol-related consequences among high school seniors (N = 212). Hierarchical regression analyses indicated sensation seeking was a significant predictor of binge drinking (β = 0.65, p < 0.001), prepartying (β = 0.71, p < 0.001), gaming (β = 0.75, p < 0.001), and alcohol-related consequences (β = 0.69, p < 0.001). Further, PBS moderated these relationships such that among high sensation seeking adolescents, PBS use was associated with better outcomes, including lower levels of binge drinking (β = −0.37, p < 0.01), prepartying (β = −0.44, p < 0.01), gaming (β = −0.31, p < 0.05), and alcohol-related consequences (β = −0.53, p < 0.001). We discuss counseling implications, including assessment and harm reduction strategies focusing on PBS to reduce hazardous drinking among high sensation seeking adolescents.
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U2 - 10.1002/jcad.12430
DO - 10.1002/jcad.12430
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125915019
SN - 0748-9633
VL - 100
SP - 352
EP - 363
JO - Journal of Counseling and Development
JF - Journal of Counseling and Development
IS - 4
ER -