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. 2017 Jan:64:6-12.
doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.08.003. Epub 2016 Aug 9.

Impulsive sensation seeking, binge drinking, and alcohol-related consequences: Do protective behavioral strategies help high risk adolescents?

Diana M Doumas  1 , Raissa Miller  2 , Susan Esp  3
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Impulsive sensation seeking, binge drinking, and alcohol-related consequences: Do protective behavioral strategies help high risk adolescents?

Diana M Doumas et al. Addict Behav. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

This study examined protective behavioral strategies (PBS) as a moderator of the relationship between impulsive sensation seeking and binge drinking and alcohol-related consequences in a sample of high school seniors (N=346). Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that impulsive sensation seeking was a significant predictor of binge drinking and alcohol-related consequences and that PBS moderated these relationships. Specifically, manner of drinking moderated the relationships such that among students with high impulsive sensation seeking, those using strategies related to how they drink (e.g. avoiding rapid and excessive drinking) reported lower levels of binge drinking and alcohol-related consequences than those using fewer of these strategies. Clinical implications are discussed including using personality-targeted interventions that equip high impulsive sensation seeking adolescents with specific strategies to reduce binge drinking and alcohol-related consequences.

Keywords: Adolescent drinking; Impulsive sensation seeking; Protective behavioral strategies.

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Manner of Drinking as a Moderator of the Relationship between Impulsive Sensation Seeking and Drinking Variables
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