Make a follow-up of a student’s weekly discussion and respond with your opinion regarding to her post
——You don’t have to post this in APA format necessarily, it’s just giving feedback to the student .
Review the PICOT questions of two of your peers. Provide substantive feedback and suggestions for improvement.
Erin Coberg
TuesdayJan 30 at 1:39pm
This article aims to provide a mixed-methods approach to understanding patterns of alcohol use amount college students. Previous research has indicated that students report heavier drinking surrounding specific events and how this varies from typical drinking patterns. Students were asked closed and open-ended questions during the survey to determine responses on previously identified high risk drinking events (HRDEs) as well as sharing their own events that resulted in heavy drinking, more than 5 drinks in one event. Two hundred and four college students reported the number of alcoholic beverages consumed at 9 predetermined events, but also indicated 5 other events that resulted in heavy drinking. Open ended events were categorized based on similarity, for example “my birthday” and “friend’s birthday” were grouped together based on the similarity of “birthday”. All open-ended categories resulted in much higher than expected in alcoholic beverages consumed, but also provided substantial variability. Students that reported heavy alcohol use for birthdays did not consistently report heavy alcohol use for New Year’s Eve or other holidays. Students reporting heavy alcohol use on Spring Break did not always report heavy alcohol use for holidays as well, despite holidays having high scores as HRDEs. A general statement was surmised; that events endorsed by more students often resulted in heavier drinking. Unlike previous studies, this study represented the differences in belief system of college students. There were not significant differences based on gender, race, or Greek affiliation. Data was collected from a single university, limiting the study to one geographical region influenced by the culture of the area. The conclusions and recommendations of the study are that the treatment and prevention of alcoholism is a highly unique experience for each individual. It becomes necessary to understand why and when someone utilizes alcohol to establish a treatment plan that will be feasible for the individual.
Garcia, T. A., Hultgren, B. A., Canning, J. R., Gilson, M. S., & Larimer, M. E. (2022). “On a night like this”: A mixed‐methods approach to understanding high‐risk drinking events in college students. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 46(6), 1121–1132. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14844
