A Mixed-Methods Examination of Language Used by College Students to Describe Alcohol Recovery

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ID21650650
AutoresKevin S Montes (0000-0002-5363-9639, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA, autor correspondente), Margott Dela Cruz (California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA), Limor H Vink (California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA), Saray V Jaime (California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA), Bryan J Almeida (California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA), Denise Y Aguiluz (California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA), Diorlene Arca (California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA), Alicia M Smith (California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA), Anita Kapila-Ramirez (California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA), Nicole C Figueroa-Sierra (California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA), Gabriel Infante (California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA)
Ano2023
Volume50
Fascículo5
Páginas629-636
Data de publicação2023-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Education & Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1090-1981 • E-ISSN: 1552-6127
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10901981231167903
PMID37165982
OpenAlexW4376132532
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas31

Given that approximately 5% of the U.S. population is currently attending college, research is needed to better understand the language that college students use to describe alcohol recovery regardless of their current drinking behavior. College student perceptions of alcohol recovery are important, given that students may experience an alcohol use disorder themselves or may encounter others with an alcohol use disorder. Research on college student perceptions of alcohol recovery in the literature is scarce but is needed to better understand the alcohol recovery process. The current mixed-methods study examines language that college students use to describe alcohol recovery based on findings from two focus group interviews. The focus groups were conducted with college students who reported using alcohol at least once in their lifetime. All participants ( N = 18) were asked questions regarding language perceived to be associated with alcohol recovery. Data were examined within a thematic analysis framework. The three central themes related to alcohol recovery that emerged in the study were harm reduction–based recovery, abstinence-based recovery, and social correlates of recovery. College students rated the terms “recovered,” “drinking reduction,” and “sobriety” as being highly representative of being in recovery, whereas the terms “bars” and “light drinker” were identified as not being representative of recovery. A better understanding of these themes will help the field understand the language that college students use to describe alcohol recovery

Abstinence · Alcohol · Alcohol use disorder · Environmental health · Focus group · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Sobriety · Thematic analysis · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes