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. 2021 Apr 8:13:100346.
doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2021.100346. eCollection 2021 Jun.

What really matters in binge drinking: A dominance analysis of binge drinking psychological determinants among University students

Jessica Mange  1 , Maxime Mauduy  1 , Cécile Sénémeaud  1 , Virginie Bagneux  1 , Nicolas Cabé  2   3 , Denis Jacquet  1 , Pascale Leconte  4 , Nicolas Margas  5 , Nicolas Mauny  1 , Ludivine Ritz  1 , Fabien Gierski  6   7 , Hélène Beaunieux  1
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What really matters in binge drinking: A dominance analysis of binge drinking psychological determinants among University students

Jessica Mange et al. Addict Behav Rep. .

Abstract

Introduction: Binge drinking (BD) is a public health concern, especially in young people. Multiple individual factors referring to different level of analyses - positional, inter-individual and intra-individual - are associated to BD. As they have mainly been explored separately, little is known about the psychological variables most associated with BD. This study, based on an integrative model considering a large number of variables, aims to estimate these associations and possible dominance of some variables in BD.

Methods: A sample of university students (N = 2851) participated in an internet survey-based study. They provided information on alcohol related variables (AUDIT, BD score), positional factors (sex, age), inter-individual factors (subjective norm, social identity, external motivations), and intra-individual factors (internal motivations, meta-cognitions, impulsivity and personality traits). The data were processed via a backward regression analysis including all variables and completed with a dominance analysis on variables that are significantly associated with BD intensity.

Results: The strongest variables associated with BD intensity were enhancement motives and drinking identity (average ΔR 2 = 21.81%), followed by alcohol subjective norm and social motives (average ΔR 2 = 13.99%). Other associated variables (average ΔR 2 = 2,84%) were negative metacognition on uncontrollability, sex, coping motives, lack of premeditation, positive metacognition on cognitive self-regulation, positive urgency, lack of perseverance, age, conformity motives and loneliness.

Conclusion: Results offer new avenues at the empirical level, by spotting particularly inter-individual psychological variables that should be more thoroughly explored, but also at the clinical level, to elaborate new prevention strategies focusing on these specific factors.

Keywords: Binge drinking; Enhancement motives; Identity; Social motives; Subjective norm; University students.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Individual factors of Binge Drinking ranged into the three levels of analysis.
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Flow diagram.
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Relative weights of the 14 factors on BD score (with N = 1000 bootstrapping confidence intervals).
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