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Type of Student Residence as a Factor in College Students' Alcohol Consumption and Social Normative Perceptions Regarding Alcohol Use
(L'influence du logement dans la consommation d'alcool des étudiants et le regard socialement acceptable de ce type de comportement)
Auteur(s) :
PAGE, R. M. ;
O'HEGARTY M.
Année
2006
Page(s) :
15-31
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
New York : Haworth Press
Refs biblio. :
19
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
MILIEU ETUDIANT
;
ALCOOL
;
LOGEMENT
;
MILIEU SOCIOCULTUREL
;
CONSOMMATION
;
COHORTE
;
QUESTIONNAIRE
;
REPRESENTATION SOCIALE
Note générale :
Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2006, 15, (3), 15-31
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The purpose of this study was to determine alcohol use (particularly heavy drinking) and social normative estimations of alcohol use according to student residence (fraternity, sorority, residence hall, or apartment complex). To achieve this purpose, a survey was conducted in all 34 sections of a general education core English class at a northwestern public university. Students living in fraternities, compared with males living in apartment complexes and residence halls, consumed more alcohol, engaged more frequently in heavy episodic drinking, and drank more when ôpartying.ö A similar pattern was true for females living in sororities relative to females students living in apartment complexes and residence halls. In most cases, social normative estimations were higher than reported use among those living in fraternities, sororities, residence halls, and apartment complexes. As hypothesized, social normative estimates of alcohol use were highest among students living in fraternities and sororities. Thus, it appears that social normative estimations of frequent and heavy drinking may contribute to alcohol use patterns, particularly among members of fraternities and sororities. These results confirm that students' choice of residence is a dominant influence when it comes to drinking behavior. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Department of Health Science, 213 Richards Building, Brigham Young Univ., Provo UT 84602. randy_pagebyu.edu
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