Maëlle Fleury (doctorante, LPCN, Université de Caen), Jessica Mange (MC HDR, LPCN, Université de Caen) et Maxime Mauduy (MC, LPS, Paris cité) ont publié un nouvel article.
Fleury, M., Mauduy, M., & Mange, J. (2025). Planning limits or inhibiting risky alcohol consumption? Towards a deeper understanding of Protective Behavioral Strategies in students through factorial and latent profile analyses. Addictive Behaviors, 108377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108377
Abstract
Objective
Protective Behavioral Strategies (PBS) are cognitive-behavioral strategies that are promising to reduce risky alcohol consumption and binge drinking (BD) among students. This research investigates 1) the multidimensional nature of PBS by establishing a stable typology, assessing variations in PBS effectiveness, and 2) psychosocial risk factors influencing PBS use.
Methods
Two complementary studies were conducted among university students (NS1 = 1252; NS2 = 896). In both, factorial structure and gender invariance of PBS were tested. Study 1 used a variable-centered approach with multivariate regression models to assess the links between PBS types, drinking outcomes, and psychosocial determinants. Study 2 applied a person-centered approach, utilizing a latent profile analysis to identify distinct profiles of PBS users and non-users based and their characteristics in terms of PBS utilization, psychological determinants, and alcohol-related outcomes.
Results
Firstly, both studies confirmed the four-type PBS typology and demonstrated gender invariance. Secondly, certain PBS types, such as modification of drinking practices (MOD) and planning consumption limits (PLD), were the most protective against risky drinking behaviors but were the less utilized. Thirdly, profiles combining all four PBS types showed the lowest risk, though they comprise a minority of students. Fourthly, psychosocial determinants, particularly drinking identity, inhibited MOD and PLD use.
Conclusions
Findings highlight the value of a multidimensional PBS framework. Interventions should target diversity in PBS strategies and address psychosocial barriers to promote effective use, offering new insights for reducing excessive drinking among students.
Keywords
Protective Behavioral Strategies, Alcohol, Young adults, Profiles, Psychosocial determinants
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Celui-ci a été publié dans la revue Addictive Behaviors (IF : 3.7), une revue internationale à comité de lecture qui publie des recherches sur les comportements et les troubles addictifs depuis 1975.
Maëlle Fleury est doctorante au LPCN, elle prépare une thèse en psychologie sous la direction de Jessica Mange (MC HDR, LPCN) et co-encadrée par Maxime Mauduy (MC, LPS, Paris cité), intitulée : « Consommation d’alcool et stratégies comportementales de protection en milieu étudiant : L’utilisation et l’amplification de facteurs de protection provenant du consommateur ou de la consommatrice comme stratégie de prévention d’un comportement à risque ».
