The Role of Alcohol-Related Proactive Dietary Restriction to Feel the Psychoactive Effects of Alcohol Faster on Binge Drinking Frequency among Freshmen College Students

Gail Castañeda, Sarah E. Colby, Melissa D. Olfert, Tracey E. Barnett, Wenjun Zhou, Megan D. Engel, Anne E. Mathews

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Abstract

Background: There is a positive cross-sectional relationship between alcohol-related proactive dietary restriction to feel the effects of alcohol faster (APDR) and binge drinking, a health and safety issue impacting college students. Objective: To examine: 1) the longitudinal predictive ability of varying levels of APDR on binge drinking frequency; and 1a) the strength of the relationship between varying levels of APDR and binge drinking frequency during freshman year of college (n = 1,149). Methods: Ordinal logistic regression was used to model the relationship between APDR and binge drinking frequency. Results: Main findings suggest APDR of students who reported eating less than usual (low APDR) prior to drinking to feel the effects of alcohol faster was a significant predictor of binge drinking frequency (1.27 (95% CI, 0.06 to 0.42), Wald χ 2 (1) = 8.46, p=.009) at baseline, but not at 7-month follow-up (1.02 (95% CI, −0.18 to 0.23), Wald χ 2 (1) =.51, p=.83). APDR for students who reported skipping one or more meals (high APDR) to feel the effects of alcohol faster was not a significant predictor of binge drinking frequency at baseline nor at 7-month follow-up. Conclusion: Low APDR is a significant predictor of binge drinking frequency that is established early in the first semester of college with no significant change occurring in binge drinking frequency over the course of students’ freshman year at 7-month follow-up. Campus health professionals are urged to emphasize the detrimental health effects of low APDR early in the first semester of college.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1266-1274
Number of pages9
JournalSubstance Use and Misuse
Volume56
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • alcohol-related proactive dietary restriction
  • College binge drinking
  • disordered eating

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Health(social science)
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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