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December 1, 2023BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Protective strategies and motivations to control drinking among Brazilian college students: a qualitative study

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MFMarina Noto FariaUniversidade Federal de São PauloESElaine Lucas dos SantosUniversidade Estadual do Norte do ParanáANAna Regina NotoUniversidade Federal de São Paulo

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Overview

Qualitative study reveals context-dependent protective strategies and motivations to limit alcohol consumption in college students, highlighting the need for tailored harm-reduction interventions.

Key Points

  • To examine motivations for controlling drinking, spontaneous protective strategies, and self-care practices across diverse social contexts in college students, as well as reasons for abstaining.
  • Conducted qualitative individual semi-structured interviews with college students aged 18 to 24 (N=23) recruited via snowball sampling up to theoretical saturation.
  • Included individuals presenting diverse alcohol consumption patterns, ranging from low-risk use to patterns suggestive of alcohol dependence.
  • Analyzed interview contents using NVivo qualitative analysis software to identify core themes.
  • Identified three central themes: consumption contexts and patterns, spontaneous protective strategies (such as eating, drinking intervals, and traveling with friends), and control motivations (such as personal responsibility, adverse past experiences, and family or religious factors).
  • Observed that personal motivation to control alcohol intake and the implementation of protective behavioral strategies were substantially lower in high-risk environments, specifically open-bar events.
  • Demonstrated that protective practices varied systematically according to individual drinker profiles and specific social settings.

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Faria et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7f4f7fe41eff7b2d69145chttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16854-7
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