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- Title
University students’ beliefs about unit-based guidelines: A qualitative study.
- Authors
Furtwängler, Nina A. F.; de Visser, Richard O.
- Abstract
UK government guidance for alcohol consumption is expressed in ‘units’ of alcohol. This study employed semi-structured interviews to explore university students’ knowledge of, attitudes towards, and use of unit-based guidelines. Thematic analysis revealed that participants were not motivated to adhere to unit-based guidelines and that they lacked the skills required to apply them to reduce their own drinking. Instead, interviewees used individual strategies to monitor their drinking. The results suggest that public health interventions should include provision of information, efforts to motivate young people to change their behaviour and strategies to develop skills for managing alcohol consumption.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; PREVENTION of alcoholism; PSYCHOLOGY of college students; HEALTH; HEALTH attitudes; HEALTH behavior; HEALTH education; HEALTH promotion; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL protocols; PUBLIC health; INFORMATION resources; QUALITATIVE research; THEMATIC analysis
- Publication
Journal of Health Psychology, 2017, Vol 22, Issue 13, p1701
- ISSN
1359-1053
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1359105316634449