title: Some factors involved in alcohol consumption of first-year undergraduates.
abstract: Three studies were conducted with samples of first-year undergraduates in order to assess relationships among college drinking, adjustment, recent life-changing events, interpersonal factors, self-control, and perceived risk. Significant correlations were found between alcohol use and life-change, but not between alcohol use and college adjustment. In addition, several significant findings linked alcohol use to social factors. Responses to open-ended interview questions suggest that self-control and risk may play a role in students' decisions regarding consumption, after initial experience with alcohol use. Non-social factors, namely stressful events, appear to play a role in consumption behavior; however, students more frequently report on social factors as motivating their decisions regarding alcohol intake.
authors.affiliation: Harvard School of Dental Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Leeman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wapner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities