title: Daily associations of alcohol use with sexual behaviour and condom use during spring break.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Spring Break is associated with high levels of alcohol use and related consequences, and with risky sexual behaviour, among North American college students. However, the extent to which Spring Break drinking and sexual behaviours are related has not been well documented.
  
  
  METHODS
  Undergraduate students (n = 263) were surveyed prior to and immediately after Spring Break, including retrospective reports of daily behaviour for each day of Spring Break.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hierarchical linear modelling was used to predict penetrative sex and condom use. Binge drinking on a day was associated with a greater likelihood of penetrative sex and of condom use, moderated by relationship status. Binge drinking led to a greater increase in penetrative sex among single students. Single students were more likely to use condoms after drinking; those in a relationship were less likely to use condoms after drinking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Single college students are more likely to have sex after binge drinking on Spring Break, but also more likely to use condoms after drinking, compared to students in a relationship. Intervention efforts may need to acknowledge relationship status.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA. meganpat@umich.edu
authors.forename: Megan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Patrick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006693:Holidays / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000523:psychology; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult