title: Assessing the predictive ability of the transtheoretical model's heavy episodic drinking constructs among a population of underage students.
abstract: The current study examined the ability of the transtheoretical model (TTM) to describe and predict alcohol consumption-related behaviors. Data from 321 first-year students were collected on the first day of classes and the week before finals. Three structural models consistent with the TTM were evaluated and tested. The three models fit the data well and indicated that stage of change was a good predictor of alcohol consumption-related behaviors, current and future, and change in alcohol consumption-related behaviors. These results suggest that interventions aimed at first-year students that concentrate on stage of change and the cons of alcohol use may be effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Health, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA. wardrm1@muohio.edu
authors.forename: Rose Marie
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Hugo Josef
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schielke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult