title: Social context of drinking and alcohol problems among college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine how social contexts of drinking are related to alcohol use disorders, other alcohol-related problems, and depression among college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Logistic regression models controlling for drinking frequency measured the association between social context and problems, among 728 current drinkers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Drinking for social facilitation was associated with drinking and driving and housing violations. Drinking in the context of motor vehicles was associated with alcohol abuse/ dependence. Drinking in a context of emotional pain was associated with clinical depression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Alcohol-free programming that fulfills needs for conviviality and addresses early signs of depression might reduce alcohol problems among college students.
authors: Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD 20742, USA. kbeck1@umd.edu
authors: Kenneth H
authors: KH
authors: Beck
authors: Amelia M
authors: AM
authors: Arria
authors: Kimberly M
authors: KM
authors: Caldeira
authors: Kathryn B
authors: KB
authors: Vincent
authors: Kevin E
authors: KE
authors: O'Grady
authors: Eric D
authors: ED
authors: Wish
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012931:Social Environment; D014495:Universities