Impulsivity and drinking motives predict problem behaviours relating to alcohol use in University students

Aims: This study used a four-factor model of impulsivity to investigate inter-relationships between alcohol consumption, impulsivity, motives for drinking and the tendency to engage in alcohol-related problem behaviours. Methods: 400 University students aged 18-25 completed an online survey consisting of the following measures: Urgency, Premeditation, Perseverance and Sensation Seeking Scale (UPPS) to measure impulsivity; Student Alcohol Questionnaire to assess drinking quantity, frequency and rates of problem behaviours; Drinking Motives Questionnaire to assess motives for drinking. Results: The majority of the sample (94.5%) drank alcohol at least monthly. Path analysis revealed direct effects of urgency, sensation seeking and premeditation, as well as the quantity of alcohol consumed, on the tendency to engage in risky behaviours with negative consequences. The effect of urgency was mediated by drinking for coping motives and by a combined effect of drinking for social motives and consumption of wine or spirits. Conversely the effect of sensation seeking was mediated by the quantity of alcohol consumed, irrespective of drink type, and the effect of premeditation was mediated by the consumption of wine and spirits, in combination with enhancement motives. Conclusions: Sensation seeking, urgency and lack of premeditation are related to different motives for drinking and also demonstrate dissociable relationships with the consumption of specific types of alcohol (beer, wine and spirits) and the tendency to engage in risky behaviours associated with alcohol consumption. Screening for high levels of urgency and for severe drinking consequences may be useful predictors of alcohol-related problems in UK University students aged 18 to 25 years

Cyber safety for adolescent girls: bullying, harassment, sexting, pornography, and solicitation

Purpose of review To examine cyber safety for adolescent girls, specifically issues around the definition, measurement, prevalence, and impact of cyberbullying, harassment, sexting, pornography, and solicitation. Recent findings Despite some continuing disagreements about definition, especially around cyberbullying and cyber harassment, and about measurement, it is clear that a significant minority of adolescents have potentially or actually harmful experiences on the Internet. There are important sex differences, and those exploited by pornography are mainly women. On some measures, these dangers have increased in recent years, although the extent can be exaggerated. The nature of Internet grooming appears to be changing. Negative effects are well documented in a range of domains, although more longitudinal studies are needed. Individual coping strategies, family and school-based support, and legal actions, all have a role to play in minimizing these dangers. Summary Cyber safety is an important issue. More research and action is needed, and interventions need to be evaluated for their effectiveness

Entre dos mundos: abordajes religiosos y espirituales a los consumos de drogas.

Tabla de contenidos: Introducción / Ana Clara Camarotti, Pablo Francisco Di Leo y Daniel Jones -- Historia de los tratamientos para los consumos de drogas / Ana Clara Camarotti y Martín Güelman -- Relaciones entre organizaciones de la sociedad civil y el Estado en las políticas sobre drogas / Daniel Jones y Santiago Cunial -- Las causas de los consumos de drogas según referentes de dispositivos de tratamiento / Ana Clara Camarotti, Martín Güelman y Ana Laura Azparren -- “Desconexión total”: el aislamiento en los tratamientos en comunidades terapéuticas / Martín Güelman -- Los dispositivos del Hogar de Cristo en las villas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires / Ana Laura Azparren -- El proceso de conversión en los tratamientos en instituciones católicas / Romina Ramírez -- Narrativas del yo y agencias en personas en tratamiento por consumo de drogas / Pablo Francisco Di Leo -- Estrategia metodológica de la investigación / Ana Laura Azparren y Martín GüelmanFil: Camarotti, Ana Clara. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani; Argentina.Fil: Jones, Daniel . Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani; Argentina.Fil: Di Leo, Pablo Francisco. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani; Argentina

Trajetórias de uso das tecnologias de comunicação: as formas de apropriação da cultura digital como desafios de uma 'sociedade do conhecimento' Paths of uses of communication technologies: the forms of appropriation of digital culture as a challenge for a 'society of knowledge'

Com a notória expansão da mediação de práticas comunicativas em redes digitais, aconteceram mudanças significativas no campo sociocultural. Estamos apenas começando a perceber as consequências dessas mudanças e elas já levantam várias questões. Onde tais aparatos técnicos aparecem em práticas de sociabilidade e solidariedade, e na própria natureza do laço social? Que desafios econômicos, políticos e éticos estão relacionados a esses novos modos de intercâmbio, coordenação e comunicação? Nossa resposta está estruturada em torno de duas questões transversais colocadas em sentido oposto ao das trajetórias de uso da rede. Em primeiro lugar, o fato de se ter uma participação em larga escala numa "sociedade de conhecimento" requer apropriação de um núcleo de conhecimentos técnicos relacionados? E, em segundo lugar, deveríamos esperar a emergência de uma nova forma de pensamento, baseada na cooperação, troca e dom, associada ao uso intensivo de redes digitais de comunicação?<br>With the marked expansion of mediation of communicative practices in digital networks, signi?cant changes have happened in the sociocultural landscape. We are only just beginning to grasp the consequences of these changes, and they raise a number of issues. Where do such socio-technical apparatuses ?gure in the practices of sociability and solidarity, and indeed in the very nature of the social bond? What economic, political, and ethical challenges are linked to these new modes of exchange, coordination, and communication? Our response is structured through two cross-cutting questions, situated upstream from trajectories of network use. First, does the fact of large-scale participation in a «knowledge-based society» require appropriation of a core set of related technical knowledges? And, second, should we expect the emergence of a new form of thinking based on cooperation, exchange, and gift-giving, and associated with intensive use of digital communication networks