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Alcohol abuse as a rite of passage: the effect of beliefs about alcohol and the college experience on undergraduates' drinking behaviors
(Abus d'alcool et rite de passage : l'effet des croyances sur la consommation d'alcool et les comportements d'alcoolisation chez des lycéens.)
Auteur(s) :
CRAWFORD, L. A. ;
NOVAK, K. B.
Année
2006
Page(s) :
193-212
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Thésaurus mots-clés
ALCOOL
;
JEUNE
;
COMPORTEMENT
;
RITE DE PASSAGE
;
MILIEU ETUDIANT
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Education, 2006, 36, (3), 193-212
Note de contenu :
graph. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Qualitative studies of alcohol's ritual influences indicate that college undergraduates who drink heavily tend to view alcohol use as integral to the student role and feel entitled to drink irresponsibly. Our analyses, based on a standardized measure of these beliefs administered to approximately 300 students, confirmed these findings. Among our sample, beliefs about alcohol and the college experience had an effect on levels of alcohol consumption similar in magnitude to that of other variables commonly associated with a risk for heavy drinking. Moreover, the alcohol beliefs index moderated the effects of three risk factors-gender, high school drinking, and friends' use of alcohol-on respondents' drinking behaviors. These findings are discussed within the context ofthe anthropological literature on liminality and rites of passage and with regard to strategies for intervention that address the structural roots of the widespread abuse of alcohol on college campuses. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Katherine Novak, Department of Sociology, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46208, e-mail : kbnovakbutler.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.