CORRELATES OF COLLEGE-STUDENT BINGE DRINKING
CORRELATES OF COLLEGE-STUDENT BINGE DRINKING
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.85.7.921
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发表时间：
1995-07-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
CASTILLO, S
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作者：
WECHSLER, H;DOWDALL, GW;CASTILLO, S
目标.本研究探讨了大学生酗酒的个体相关因素。1993年，在140所校园中，由具有代表性的全国学生样本（n = 17592）完成了问卷调查。酗酒定义为男性每次饮酒5杯或更多，女性每次饮酒4杯或更多。总体而言，44%的学生（50%的男性和39%的女性）狂欢。虽然性别和种族等人口统计学因素与狂饮有显着关系，但高中时的狂饮是至关重要的，这表明对许多学生来说，狂饮在大学之前就开始了。大学酗酒的最强预测因子是居住在兄弟会或姐妹会，采用以聚会为中心的生活方式，并参与其他危险行为。干预措施必须针对高中酗酒以及大学生活的几个特点，最明显的是兄弟会的住所。法律的饮酒年龄未能预测狂饮，这引发了人们对大学酒精政策中21岁这一法律的最低饮酒年龄的有效性的质疑。
Objectives. This study examines the individual correlates of college student binge drinking.Methods. Questionnaires were completed by a representative national sample (n = 17592) of students on 140 campuses in 1993. Binge drinking was defined as five or more drinks per episode for men and as four or more drinks per episode for women.Results. Overall, 44% of the students (50% of the men and 39% of the women) binged. While demographic factors such as sex and race were significantly related to binge drinking, prior binging in high school was crucial, suggesting that for many students, binge drinking begins before college. The strongest predictors of college binge drinking were residence in a fraternity or sorority, adoption of a party-centered lifestyle, and engagement in other risky behaviors.Conclusions. Interventions must be targeted at high school binge drinking as well as at several characteristics of college life-most notably fraternity residence. Legal drinking age fails to predict binge drinking, raising questions about the effectiveness of the legal minimum drinking age of 21 in college alcohol policies.