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Daily associations of alcohol use with sexual behaviour and condom use during S pring B reak
Author(s) -
Patrick Megan E.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00509.x
Subject(s) - binge drinking , condom , psychology , intervention (counseling) , sexual behavior , demography , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , poison control , suicide prevention , environmental health , family medicine , sociology , syphilis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
and Aims S pring B reak is associated with high levels of alcohol use and related consequences, and with risky sexual behaviour, among N orth A merican college students. However, the extent to which S pring B reak drinking and sexual behaviours are related has not been well documented. Design and Methods Undergraduate students ( n = 263) were surveyed prior to and immediately after S pring B reak, including retrospective reports of daily behaviour for each day of S pring B reak. Results Hierarchical linear modelling was used to predict penetrative sex and condom use. Binge drinking on a day was associated with a greater likelihood of penetrative sex and of condom use, moderated by relationship status. Binge drinking led to a greater increase in penetrative sex among single students. Single students were more likely to use condoms after drinking; those in a relationship were less likely to use condoms after drinking. Discussion and Conclusions Single college students are more likely to have sex after binge drinking on S pring B reak, but also more likely to use condoms after drinking, compared to students in a relationship. Intervention efforts may need to acknowledge relationship status.