Associations between Gender, Alcohol Use and Negative Consequences among Korean College Students: A National Study
| Autor: | Eun Cheol Park, Sarah Soyeon Oh, Hugh Erik Schuckman, Patrick Allen Rose |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male 050103 clinical psychology Adolescent Alcohol Drinking Universities Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis education Population Poison control lcsh:Medicine Context (language use) drinking Article Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Multivariate analysis of variance Bayesian multivariate linear regression negative consequences Republic of Korea Injury prevention gender Humans Medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences survey 030212 general & internal medicine Sex Distribution Students education.field_of_study Korea Descriptive statistics business.industry 05 social sciences lcsh:R national Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health college students Alcohol Drinking in College Stepwise regression alcohol use Nutrition Surveys Socioeconomic Factors Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 5192, p 5192 (2020) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 14 |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | This study examines Korean college students&rsquo rates and the severity of various negative consequences resulting from the frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption and the unique factors that are affecting this problem in the Korean context in comparison to other countries. It assesses how much gender, age and other associated respondent characteristics mediate alcohol use and the resulting negative consequences among the population. A stratified representative sample of 4803 valid student respondents attending 82 colleges participated in the alcohol consumption survey, of which 95% reported drinking in past 12 months. Drinking is measured by the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) screening tool. Based on this test, composite scores for each participant were computed and students were grouped into four risk groups: (a) nondrinkers, (b) light drinkers, (c) moderate drinkers and (d) heavy drinkers. Outcome measures include 21 validated items evaluating self-reported alcohol-related negative consequences. Rates of negative consequences are reported for each drinking risk group stratified by gender. Descriptive statistics, stepwise regression, multivariate linear regression and MANOVA tests were used to analyze the data. The study found that female respondents in the sample who consumed alcohol in the past 12 months drank 11.5 percent less than males (AUDIT-C score &mu = 6.0 and 6.7, respectively), and there was a greater proportion of females (5.1 percent) who were nondrinkers than males (4.6 percent). Yet, when females drank, they experienced 11.8 percent more negative consequences on average than males (&mu = 1.9 and 1.7, respectively). The study attempts to explain this apparent contradiction. The self-reported rates for many individual negative consequences also varied discernibly by gender. The study concludes with suggestions for how alcohol prevention on Korean college campuses would benefit from targeting females and males differently. |
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