Drug use and lifestyle among college students in Austria and the united states

Using an anonymous questionnaire, we assessed the prevalence of alcohol use and illicit drug use among 545 college students in Innsbruck, Austria in 1995. The questionnaire also assessed various aspects of students' lifestyles, including academic performance, college activities, career plans, v...

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Published in:Substance use & misuse 1997-01, Vol.32 (4), p.461-473
Main Authors: MANGWETH, B, POPE, H. G, IONESCU-PIOGGIA, M, KINZL, J, BIEBL, W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Austria
Austria - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Comparison
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Female
Humans
Incidence
Life Style
Lifestyle
Male
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Relationship
Students
Students - psychology
Students - statistics & numerical data
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
United States - epidemiology
Universities
USA
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Summary:Using an anonymous questionnaire, we assessed the prevalence of alcohol use and illicit drug use among 545 college students in Innsbruck, Austria in 1995. The questionnaire also assessed various aspects of students' lifestyles, including academic performance, college activities, career plans, visits to a psychiatrist, and sexual activity. We compared these results with those obtained using the same questionnaire at a similar American college in 1989. We found that the prevalence of virtually all forms of illicit substance use was much higher among the American students. In both Austria and the United States, however, we found few differences between drug users and nonusers on most measures of lifestyle, with the exception of hetero-sexual activity.
ISSN:1082-6084
1532-2491
DOI:10.3109/10826089709039365