AVAILABILITY TRANSITIONS AND COLLEGE DRINKING

描述：虽然研究大学饮酒模式和大学 饮酒模式和大学饮酒问题近年来有所扩大， 这种扩大并没有伴随着对 与饮酒有关的风险或酒精供应对 饮酒模式对最近文献的回顾也揭示了一个缺失， 对酒精使用/滥用的发展进行全面的心理社会研究 以及大学生的饮酒问题。特别重要的是， 酒精的社会和身体可用性的转变， 大学生活的一个正常部分，以及它们对大学生活的影响， 未开发的 结合作为中心一部分进行的研究 组件#3 -大学生饮酒和校园环境：A 社区预防干预，这一五年项目的具体目标 （1）制定并实施一项全面的饮酒评估计划。 在大学环境中的模式和风险，（2）评估的程度， 哪些不同的可用性模式会影响饮酒模式和风险。 在更全面地评估心理社会问题的背景下， 酒精使用/滥用的相关因素， 饮酒和饮酒问题的产生将受到审查， 对酒精的社会和实际供应情况的全面评估 将制定一项关于可用性影响的纵向研究， 将对大学生饮酒进行过渡。使用两 理论模型中提出的建议，（1）建议，许多 酒精相关的问题可能会发生在相对“温和”，而不是 “狂欢”饮酒场合，和（2）它是如何显示的结构和 社交网络的组成和网点密度将影响 酒精和个人酒精使用。特别是，该模型表明， 在酒精含量不高的环境中，“狂饮”将占主导地位。 资源（即，不定期的）。 这项研究的短期目标是评估饮酒的程度 两个大学校园的问题，将观察到的饮酒模式与 饮酒问题，并制定社会和 酒精在大学里的物理可用性。的长期目标 该项目旨在阐明不断变化的社会与物质环境的影响， 获得酒精和酒精使用模式的可用性。

DESCRIPTION: Although research into college drinking patterns and college drinking patterns and college drinking problems has expanded in recent years, this expansion has not been accompanied by either adequate assessments of the risks associated with drinking or the impacts of alcohol availability upon drinking patterns. A review of the recent literature also reveals an absence of comprehensive psychosocial studies of the development of alcohol use/abuse and drinking problems among college students. In particular, important transitions in the social and physical availability of alcohol which occur as a normal part of college life, and their impact on college g, have remained unexplored. In conjunction with research to be conducted as part of the center Research Component #3 - College Student Drinking and the Campus Environment: A Community Prevention Intervention, the specific aims of this five year project are to: (1) develop and conduct a comprehensive assessment of drinking patterns and risks in the college environment, and (2) assess the degree to which differing patterns of availability affect drinking patterns and risks. Against the background of a more comprehensive assessment of the psychosocial correlates of alcohol use/abuse, the relationships between patterns of drinking and the production of drinking problems will be examined, comprehensive assessments of the social and physical availability of alcohol will be developed, and a longitudinal study of the effects of availability transitions on college student drinking will be executed. Using two theoretical models developed in the proposal, (1) it is suggested that many alcohol-related problems may occur on relatively "moderate" rather than "binge" drinking occasions, and (2) it is shown how the structure and composition of social networks and outlet densities will affect access to alcohol and individual alcohol use. In particular, the model suggests that "binge" drinking will predominate in environments in which alcohol is a patchy resource (i.e., available on an irregular basis). The short term goals of the study are to evaluate the extent of drinking problems on two college campuses, relate observed drinking patterns to drinking problems, and develop comprehensive assessments of the social and physical availability of alcohol in college. The long term goal of the project is to elucidate the impacts of changing social versus physical availability upon access to alcohol and patterns of alcohol use.