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Ups and downs of alcohol use among first-year college students: Number of drinks, heavy drinking, and stumble and pass out drinking days.
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Addictive behaviors [Addict Behav] 2011 Mar; Vol. 36 (3), pp. 197-202. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Nov 04. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Given the dynamic fluctuating nature of alcohol use among emerging adults (Del Boca, Darkes, Greenbaum, & Goldman, 2004), patterns of alcohol use were modeled across 70 days in an intensive repeated-measures diary design. Two hundred first-year college students provided 10 weekly reports of their daily alcohol consumption via computer-assisted telephone interviews. Multi-level models demonstrated large within-person variability across days in drinks consumed, binge drinking, and days exceeding self-reported limits for stumbling around and passing out; these outcome variables were predicted by weekdays vs. weekend days (within-person) and gender, age of drinking initiation, fraternity/sorority membership, and alcohol motivations (between-persons). Repeated measurement of alternate indicators of alcohol use permits the examination of novel and important questions about alcohol use and abuse particularly in young adult and other erratically drinking populations.<br /> (Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-6327
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Addictive behaviors
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21106298
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.10.005