Consequences of alcohol use: behavior changes and problems during first year of university.
A sample of students registered to begin first-year university were surveyed 1 month prior to their arrival on campus about experiences they had had with alcohol. The same students were surveyed again 8 months later, toward the end of their first academic year. Overall, the results showed an increase in problems in three problem domains--Personal Effects, Social/Legal Effects, and Major School Problems--although males and females did not show identical patterns of change. The implications for prevention programming in universities are discussed.
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Addiction Research Foundation, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D001334:Automobile Driving; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012940:Social Problems; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*