A comparison of the responsible drinking dimensions among underage and legal drinkers: examining differences in beliefs, motives, self-efficacy, barriers and intentions

To date, scholarly discourse over the Amethyst Initiative has primarily debated the relative effectiveness of the 21 year-old Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA). Unfortunately, this discourse has failed to account for the Amethyst Initiative's central tenet/mission: facilitating responsible drin...

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Published in:Substance abuse treatment, prevention and policy prevention and policy, 2014-01, Vol.9 (1), p.5-5, Article 5
Main Authors: Barry, Adam E, Stellefson, Michael L, Woolsey, Conrad L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Age Factors
Alcohol Drinking - legislation & jurisprudence
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcohol use
Behavior
College students
Colleges & universities
Culture
Female
Humans
Intention
Male
Motivation
Polls & surveys
Self Efficacy
Short Report
Students - psychology
Universities
Young Adult
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Summary:To date, scholarly discourse over the Amethyst Initiative has primarily debated the relative effectiveness of the 21 year-old Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA). Unfortunately, this discourse has failed to account for the Amethyst Initiative's central tenet/mission: facilitating responsible drinking among college students. This investigation seeks to help fill this gap by quantitatively determining whether a random sample of underage (n = 158) and legal (n = 298) drinkers differed with regard to their alcohol-related behaviors, responsible drinking behaviors, and responsible drinking beliefs. Compared to legal drinkers, underage drinkers reported: (a) significantly less confidence to perform responsible drinking behaviors during their next drinking episode [t(446) = -2.97, p 
ISSN:1747-597X
1747-597X
DOI:10.1186/1747-597X-9-5