Perceived Social Support from Significant Others among Binge Drinking and Polyconsuming Spanish University Students

Tinajero, Carolina; Cadaveira, Fernando; Rodríguez, M. Soledad; Páramo, M. Fernanda

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Perceived Social Support from Significant Others among Binge Drinking and Polyconsuming Spanish University Students

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Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, C/ Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, Campus Vida, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, C/ Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, Campus Vida, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Department of Social, Basic Psychology and Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, C/ Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, Campus Vida, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(22), 4506; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224506

Received: 25 September 2019 / Revised: 11 November 2019 / Accepted: 14 November 2019 / Published: 15 November 2019

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Social and Family Determinants of Adolescent Adjustment)

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Sense of acceptance is conceived as a central component of perceived social support and is thought to be a key resilience factor for adjustment during transition to university. The current study examines how a binge drinking pattern of alcohol consumption and the co-consumption of binge drinking and cannabis in first-year university students are related to perceived acceptance from family, mother, father, and friends. The study sample consisted of 268 women and 216 men, of average age 18.25 years (SE = 0.01), enrolled in the first year of different degree courses at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Participants were classified in three groups (control, binge drinking, polyconsuming) on the basis of the Timeline Followback for alcohol and cannabis. Perceived sense of acceptance was measured using the Perceived Acceptance Scale. Analysis of the data revealed that perceived acceptance was lower in polyconsuming students than in the binge drinking and control groups (p < 0.05; with η² ranging between 0.009 and 0.020). A curvilinear relationship between binge drinking and perceived acceptance from friends was identified. Social support should be considered in future investigations and interventions as a vulnerability marker for detrimental consequences of substance use and risk of consumption disorders, as well as adolescent maladjustment. View Full-Text

Keywords: alcohol drinking; binge; cannabis; university students; social support; adjustment

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Tinajero, C.; Cadaveira, F.; Rodríguez, M.S.; Páramo, M.F. Perceived Social Support from Significant Others among Binge Drinking and Polyconsuming Spanish University Students. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 4506. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224506

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Tinajero C, Cadaveira F, Rodríguez MS, Páramo MF. Perceived Social Support from Significant Others among Binge Drinking and Polyconsuming Spanish University Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(22):4506. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224506

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Tinajero, Carolina, Fernando Cadaveira, M. S. Rodríguez, and M. F. Páramo. 2019. "Perceived Social Support from Significant Others among Binge Drinking and Polyconsuming Spanish University Students" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 22: 4506. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224506

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