| Quantitative and qualitative assessment of university students' definitions of binge drinking. | |
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PMID: 22121916 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This study was designed to assess undergraduates' (N = 424) definitions of binge drinking and to evaluate whether the number of drinks they said comprise a binge varied as a function of beverage type, respondent gender, and respondent binge drinking status. When asked to designate the specific number of drinks that comprise a binge for each of four beverage types, students reported that the number of beers constituting a binge was significantly larger than the number of glasses of wine, shots of hard liquor, and servings of any combination of alcoholic beverage types; men reported that a larger number of drinks constitute a binge than did women; and those who had engaged in 3 or more binges in the past 2 weeks reported that more drinks comprise a binge than those who had binged less often. Responses to an open-ended question asking their definition of a binge revealed that students sometimes characterize a binge in terms of motivations for and unhealthy consequences of drinking, in addition to defining a binge as comprising consumption of a large amount of alcohol in a limited (though often unspecified) time period. Furthermore, students attributed their open-ended definitions of binge drinking to informal sources of information and observation of others' drinking almost as often as they did to school-based or media-based sources. This suggests that educators might look for innovative ways to use both formal and informal social networking, and video illustrations of restrained drinking, as ways to influence young people's views of binge drinking. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved). |
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Erin E Bonar; Kathleen M Young; Erica Hoffmann; Shinakee Gumber; Jeremy P Cummings; Michelle Pavlick; Harold Rosenberg |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-11-28 |
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Title: Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors Volume: - ISSN: 1939-1501 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-11-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8802734 Medline TA: Psychol Addict Behav Country: - |
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