Despite numerous drinking interventions, alcohol use among college students remains a significant problem. Typically activated after negative events, counterfactual thinking is a cognitive process that contrasts reality with an imagined better alternative. As a result, counterfactual thinking highlights potential causal links between problematic behaviours and negative outcomes, which can strengthen intentions to change behaviour. Recent research has found that modifying behavioural intentions to engage in protective behavioural strategies (PBS) has led to increased PBS use and reduced alcohol outcomes. The current study evaluated counterfactual thinking as a way to increase PBS use intentions.

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使用反事实思维理论改变酒精保护行为策略使用意图

尽管有许多饮酒干预措施，但大学生的酒精使用仍然是一个重大问题。反事实思维通常在负面事件后被激活，是一种认知过程，将现实与想象中的更好选择进行对比。因此，反事实思维突出了有问题的行为和负面结果之间的潜在因果关系，这可以加强改变行为的意图。最近的研究发现，改变行为意图以实施保护性行为策略 (PBS) 导致 PBS 的使用增加并减少了酒精结果。目前的研究评估了反事实思维作为增加 PBS 使用意图的一种方式。