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Alcohol-related problems and collegiate drinking patterns

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Six kinds of collegiate problem drinking were examined utilizing a ceptualized relationship among the variables of student religious commitment, parental attitude toward drinking, neutralization of drinking behavior, drinking before college, anticipated ethos of college life, social orientation in college, and quantity-frequency of alcohol consumption. Self-administered questionnaires were collected from 534 college students and analyzed by path analysis, which explained up to 47% of the variation in certain kinds of problem drinking. The strongest single predictor of problem drinking was found to be quantity and frequency of consumption, but precollege drinking was also important.

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  1. Oklahoma State University, USA

    Stella P. Hughes (Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociology) & Richard A. Dodder (Professor of Sociology and Statistics)

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Received her Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University. Current interests are adolescent behavior, alcohol use and abuse, and social problems related to population and energy.

Received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. Current interests are adolescent behavior, human development, and the sociology of sports, particularly in a cross-national context.

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Hughes, S.P., Dodder, R.A. Alcohol-related problems and collegiate drinking patterns. J Youth Adolescence 12, 65–76 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02092115

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