title: Disregulated alcohol-related behavior among college drinkers: associations with protective behaviors, personality, and drinking motives.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Disregulated Alcohol-Related Behaviors Inventory (DARBI), a measure of harmful alcohol-related behavior, and the relationship between protective behavior use and scores on the DARBI and several other measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 281 undergraduate volunteers (60% female) enrolled in introductory psychology sections in Summer and Fall 2007.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed the DARBI along with paper-and-pencil self-report measures of broad personality domains, trait resilience, protective behavior use, and drinking motivations and consequences.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The DARBI's internal consistency was good (alpha = .85). DARBI scores correlated negatively with conscientiousness scores but positively with neuroticism, the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST), Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI), and positive-reinforcement motives scores. The self-reported use of protective behaviors related negatively to DARBI, MAST, RAPI, and enhancement motives scores. Protective behavior use was unrelated to broad personality domains.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The DARBI may prove a useful tool in campus interventions. Further research should determine the dispositional and situational determinants of protective behavior use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. miisaak@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Matthew I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Isaak
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Tiffany R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Labatut
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012309:Risk-Taking; D057566:Self Report; D012919:Social Behavior; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult