Social context of drinking and alcohol problems among college students.

Autor: Beck KH, Arria AM, Caldeira KM, Vincent KB, O'Grady KE, Wish ED
Zdroj: American Journal of Health Behavior; Jul/Aug2008, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p420-430, 11p
Abstrakt: Objective: To examine how social contexts of drinking are related to alcohol use disorders, other alcohol-related problems, and depression among college students. Methods: Logistic regression models controlling for drinking frequency measured the association between social context and problems, among 728 current drinkers. Results: Drinking for social facilitation was associated with drinking and driving and housing violations. Drinking in the context of motor vehicles was associated with alcohol abuse/ dependence. Drinking in a context of emotional pain was associated with clinical depression. Conclusions: Alcohol-free programming that fulfills needs for conviviality and addresses early signs of depression might reduce alcohol problems among college students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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