The event-level impact of one's typical alcohol expectancies, drinking motivations, and use of protective behavioral strategies

摘要

Introduction: Much of the past research on the excessive consumption of alcohol by college students has focused on the interplay of individual factors and typical drinking patterns, but this is not adequate to understand behavior as it occurs. The need to understand drinking at the event-level is critical in order to develop event level prevention. To this end, this study examined a conceptual model of college students' drinking events in order to determine the potential mediating effect of drinking motives and protective behavioral strategies (PBS) in the relationship between alcohol expectancies and event-level alcohol use and consequences.