TY - JOUR
T1 - Variation in the drinking trajectories of freshmen college students
AU - Greenbaum, Paul E.
AU - Del Boca, Frances K.
AU - Darkes, Jack
AU - Wang, Chen Pin
AU - Goldman, Mark S.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - F. K. Del Boca, J. Darkes, P. E. Greenbaum, and M. S. Goldman (2004) examined temporal variations in drinking during the freshmen college year and the relationship of several risk factors to these variations. Here, using the same data, the authors investigate whether a single growth curve adequately characterizes the variability in individual drinking trajectories. Latent growth mixture modeling identified 5 drinking trajectory classes: light-stable, light-stable plus high holiday, medium-increasing, high-decreasing, and heavy-stable. In multivariate predictor analyses, gender (i.e., more women) and lower alcohol expectancies distinguished the light-stable class from other trajectories; only expectancies differentiated the high-decreasing from the heavy-stable and medium-increasing classes. These findings allow for improved identification of individuals at risk for developing problematic trajectories and for development of interventions tailored to specific drinker classes.
AB - F. K. Del Boca, J. Darkes, P. E. Greenbaum, and M. S. Goldman (2004) examined temporal variations in drinking during the freshmen college year and the relationship of several risk factors to these variations. Here, using the same data, the authors investigate whether a single growth curve adequately characterizes the variability in individual drinking trajectories. Latent growth mixture modeling identified 5 drinking trajectory classes: light-stable, light-stable plus high holiday, medium-increasing, high-decreasing, and heavy-stable. In multivariate predictor analyses, gender (i.e., more women) and lower alcohol expectancies distinguished the light-stable class from other trajectories; only expectancies differentiated the high-decreasing from the heavy-stable and medium-increasing classes. These findings allow for improved identification of individuals at risk for developing problematic trajectories and for development of interventions tailored to specific drinker classes.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-006X.73.2.229
DO - 10.1037/0022-006X.73.2.229
M3 - Article
C2 - 15796630
AN - SCOPUS:15944420842
SN - 0022-006X
VL - 73
SP - 229
EP - 238
JO - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
JF - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
IS - 2
ER -