title: Drinking reasons, drinking locations, and automobile accident involvement among collegians.
abstract: Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the relationship of five drinking reason factors to drinking locations and consumption variables within a random sample of drinking college students surveyed by telephone. Hypotheses relating self-reported accident involvement after drinking and two specific reason factors - Opposite Sex/Drunkenness and Pleasure - were tested. Both Pleasure and Opposite Sex/Drunkenness were directly related to quantity consumed and to drinking in several away-from-home locations. Opposite Sex/Drunkenness reasons and frequency of drinking in cars significantly contributed to identifying males who reported accident involvement following drinking.
authors: Mississippi State University, Mississippi 39762.
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Pang
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Wells-Parker
authors: D L
authors: DL
authors: McMillen
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology; D001334:Automobile Driving; D004327:Drinking Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008922:Mississippi; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D013714:Tennessee; D014495:Universities