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High peak drinking levels mediate the relation between impulsive personality and injury risk in emerging adults.
- Source :
- Injury Epidemiology; 2/13/2024, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Alcohol-induced injury is one of the leading causes of preventable morbidity and mortality. We investigated the relationship between impulsive personality and physical injury (e.g. falls, sports), and whether peak drinking quantity specifically, and/or risky behaviour more generally, mediates the relationship between impulsivity and injury in undergraduates. Method: We used data from the winter 2021 UniVenture survey with 1316 first- and second-year undergraduate students aged 18–25 years (79.5% female) from five Canadian Universities. Students completed an online survey regarding their demographics, personality, alcohol use, risky behaviours, and injury experiences. Impulsivity was measured with the substance use risk profile scale, past 30-day peak alcohol use with the quantity-frequency-peak Alcohol Use Index, general risky behaviour with the risky behaviour questionnaire, and past 6-month injury experience with the World Health Organization's (2017) injury measurement questionnaire. Results: Of 1316 total participants, 12.9% (n = 170) reported having sustained a physical injury in the past 6 months. Mean impulsivity, peak drinking quantity, and risky behaviour scores were significantly higher among those who reported vs. did not report injury. Impulsivity and peak drinking quantity, but not general risky behaviour, predicted injury in a multi-level generalized mixed model. Mediation analyses supported impulsivity as both a direct predictor of physical injury and an indirect predictor through increased peak drinking (both p <.05), but not through general risky behaviour. Conclusion: Results imply emerging adults with impulsive tendencies should be identified for selective injury prevention programs and suggest targeting their heavy drinking to decrease their risk for physical injury. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INJURY risk factors
COMPLICATIONS of alcoholism
PERSONALITY
RISK-taking behavior
CONFIDENCE intervals
IMPULSIVE personality
CROSS-sectional method
RISK assessment
UNDERGRADUATES
SURVEYS
RESEARCH funding
QUESTIONNAIRES
FACTOR analysis
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
DATA analysis software
ODDS ratio
ADULTS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21971714
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Injury Epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175409376
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00487-4