Drinking and Dating: Examining the Link Among Relationship Satisfaction, Hazardous Drinking, and Readiness-to-Change in College Dating Relationships
| Autor: | Alexander Khaddouma, Heather Zapor, JoAnna Elmquist, Gregory L. Stuart, Jeniimarie Febres, Hope Brasfield, Ryan C. Shorey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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050103 clinical psychology
education 05 social sciences Behavior change 030508 substance abuse Human factors and ergonomics Poison control Alcohol abuse medicine.disease Suicide prevention Article Occupational safety and health Education 03 medical and health sciences Interpersonal relationship Injury prevention medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences sense organs skin and connective tissue diseases 0305 other medical science Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of College Student Development. 57:32-46 |
| ISSN: | 1543-3382 |
| DOI: | 10.1353/csd.2016.0007 |
| Popis: | The present study examined the influence of relationship satisfaction on readiness-to-change alcohol use and the influence of hazardous drinking on readiness-to-change relationship issues in college student dating relationships. A sample of 219 college students in a current dating relationship (aged 18–25) completed self-report measures of dating relationship satisfaction, alcohol use, readiness-to-change alcohol use, and readiness-to-change relationship issues via an online survey from August to December 2011. Participants were grouped on the basis of their scores on measures of alcohol use (hazardous drinkers vs. nonhazardous drinkers) and relationship satisfaction (high vs. low). Results indicated that alcohol use was negatively correlated with relationship satisfaction. Furthermore, hazardous drinkers with high relationship satisfaction indicated more readiness-to-change alcohol use than hazardous drinkers with low relationship satisfaction. Alcohol problems were not related to readiness-to-change relationship issues. These findings indicate that highly satisfied dating relationships during college may positively influence readiness-to-change heavy drinking habits among college students. |
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