Title:
Negative affect and risk behavior: examining the relations among anxiety, depression, alcohol consumption, and sexual activity in college students
Author:
Sarah H. Eason
Thesis Advisor:
Beth A. Kotchick
Committee Member:
Amanda M. Thomas
Committee Member:
David V. Powers
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2006
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
born digital
Abstract:
The purpose of the current study was to identify ways in which depression and anxiety, as well as components of depression and anxiety, uniquely relate to rates of alcohol consumption and risky sexual behavior among college students. It was hypothesized that levels of anxiety and depression, as well as components of anxiety and depression, would be significantly related to rates of alcohol use and risky sexual behavior. One hundred and four college students completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), the Multiscore Depression Inventory (MDI), and the Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale for College Students (AMAS-C) as well as questions regarding their sexual behaviors. Bivariate correlations and hierarchical regressions were used to examine the relations between the predictor and outcome variables. It was found that total scores and subscales of the MDI and AMAS-C were not significant predictors of levels of alcohol use or sexual behavior. Several components of depression and anxiety, however, were found to be related to levels of risk behavior. Additionally, differences in how components of negative affect related to risk behavior emerged between males and females. The current findings suggest that more research is needed to fully explore the relations between components of negative affect and risk behavior. In the mean time, education and prevention should continue to focus on external factors that have previously established relations with risk behavior.
Subject:
Risk-taking (Psychology)--Testing
Subject:
College students--Alcohol use--Psychological aspects
Subject:
Depression, Mental--Testing
Subject:
Anxiety--Testing
Subject:
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification (AUDIT)
Subject:
Multiscore Depression Inventory (MDI)
Subject:
Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale for College Students (AMAS-C)
Degree:
Master of Science
Level:
Master
Discipline:
Clinical Psychology
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Identifier:
EasonSH-06
