Abstract
Objective: The present study examined the relationship of risk-taking behavior and alcohol use and the role of sex herein, while adjusting for age, depression, anxiety, stress and lifestyle.
Methods: Participants were 6002 university students. They were classified as either abstinent, drinker but non-binge drinker, or binge drinker based on self-reported alcohol consumption. Risk-taking and risk assessment were evaluated with the RT-18 and depression, anxiety and stress with the DASS-21.
Results: The odds of being a binge versus non-binge drinker increased with risk-taking as well as risk assessment for both men and women. The odds being a non-binge drinkerversus abstinent were increased by risk-taking for women only. For binge drinking versus abstinence, risk-taking had a significant increasing effect for both sexes, but risk assessment was only significant in women.
Conclusion: These results may assist with alcohol use prevention techniques because risk-taking behavior exerts, even when corrected for age, lifestyle, depression, anxiety, and stress levels, a solid, sex-specific independent effect on alcohol use. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 222-227 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Drug and Alcohol Dependence |
| Volume | 155 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2015 |
Keywords
- Alcohol use
- Risk-taking behavior
- RT-18
- Sex
- Multinomial logistic regression
- GENDER-DIFFERENCES
- COLLEGE-STUDENTS
- SENSATION-SEEKING
- BINGE DRINKING
- SUBSTANCE USE
- USE DISORDERS
- PERSONALITY
- AGE
- CONSUMPTION
- DEPRESSION