Intervention based on Temporal Orientation to reduce alcohol consumption and enhance risk perception in adolescence

Autors/ores

  • Judit Castellà Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6094-3516
  • Gisela Minguell Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Anna Muro Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Cristina Sotoca Departament d'Ensenyament de la Generalitat.
  • Santiago Estaún Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Resum

Alcohol consumption is a prevalent risky behaviour in adolescence. A way of prevention is to obtain information about the cognitive components involved, such as Temporal Perspective (TP), which refers to the tendency to be oriented towards the past, the present or the future. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between TP, risk perception and alcohol consumption (Study 1) and to determine whether an intervention programme based on emphasizing a Future orientation can reduce alcohol consumption and increase risk perception (Study 2). Seventy-five adolescents participated in the study. Results showed that a bias toward the Present can enhance the probability of incurring in risk behaviours, while a Future orientation might act as a protective factor. Half of the adolescents took part in the intervention programme, and their risk perception increased, suggesting that TP can be a tool to minimize the probability of incurring in risk behaviours.

Paraules clau

Time Perspective, Alcohol Consumption, Adolescence, Risk Perception

Biografies de l'autor/a

Judit Castellà, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Judit Castellà is a PhD in Psychology by UAB and an assistant professor of Cognitive Psychology (UAB and UOC). Her current research interests focus on working memory, visual attention, perception and temporal perspective. She has several publications in indexed journals in the field of cognitive and experimental psychology.

Gisela Minguell, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Gisela Minguell holds 3 Master's degrees: on Intellectual disability, autism and behavioural disorders in childhood and youth (UAB and Hospital de Sant Pau),on Emotional disorders and forensic Psychology (UAB and Hospital de Sant Pau), and on Emotional intelligence (Institut Tècnic d'Estudis Aplicats). She currently works as a clinical psychologist with children and young patients

Anna Muro, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Anna Muro holds a PhD in Psychology and teaches at the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology of the UAB. She is a member of the research group "Studies on Personality and Individual differences" and her main interests and publications are about personalilty, temporal perspective, and life satisfaction.

Cristina Sotoca, Departament d'Ensenyament de la Generalitat.

Cristina Sotoca holds two Master’s degree on Psychology of Perception and Time from UAB, and on Learning difficulties and language disorders from UOC. Has presented several researches at international conferences and has been working in the Education field since 2007, as a primary and secondary teacher.

Santiago Estaún, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Santiago Estaún is currently an emeritus professor at the Department of Basic, Developmental and Educational Psychology of the UAB. He is a Professor in Time studies, and has devoted most of his career to conduct research on this topic.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.1417

Publicades

30-04-2018

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Drets d'autor (c) 2018 Judit Castellà, Gisela Minguell, Anna Muro, Cristina Sotoca, Santiago Estaún

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