Binge Drinking Among Underage College Students: A Test of a Restraint-Based Conceptualization of Risk for Alcohol Abuse

The authors tested a restraint-based model that binge drinking is a function of being tempted to drink alcohol while also being concerned about avoiding excessive alcohol intake. Underage (18- to 20-year-olds, 204 men and 225 women) college student drinkers completed measures that assessed the attra...

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Published in:Psychology of addictive behaviors 2001-12, Vol.15 (4), p.333-340
Main Authors: Collins, R. Lorraine, Koutsky, James R, Morsheimer, Elizabeth T, MacLean, Michael G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcohol Use
Alcohol Use Attitudes
Alcohol-Related Disorders - prevention & control
Alcoholic Intoxication - diagnosis
Alcoholic Intoxication - psychology
Binge Drinking
Cognitive Processes
College Students
Concepts
Female
Food Preferences - psychology
Human
Humans
Male
Motivation
New York
Primary Prevention
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Self Efficacy
Students
Students - psychology
Underage
Universities
Young adults
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Summary:The authors tested a restraint-based model that binge drinking is a function of being tempted to drink alcohol while also being concerned about avoiding excessive alcohol intake. Underage (18- to 20-year-olds, 204 men and 225 women) college student drinkers completed measures that assessed the attraction to alcohol (e.g., temptation to drink, alcohol expectancies), concern about regulating alcohol intake (e.g., restriction of alcohol intake, reasons for limiting drinking), and alcohol-related outcomes (binge drinking, alcohol problems). In separate hierarchical multiple regressions, the attraction to alcohol accounted for significant amounts of additional variance in each of the alcohol outcomes. Concern about regulating alcohol intake accounted for additional variance, above that explained by attraction to alcohol. The results suggest that interventions for underage binge drinking should include training in the skills for regulating alcohol intake.
ISSN:0893-164X
1939-1501
DOI:10.1037/0893-164X.15.4.333