title: Protective strategies and alcohol use among college students: ethnic and gender differences.
abstract: This study investigated differences in alcohol consumption and the use of protective strategies (i.e., eating and designated drivers) between European American, African American, and Hispanic American college students. Gender differences were also examined. The study sample was drawn from a large southeastern university (n = 567). Data analysis employed regression, factor analysis, and analysis of variance. Results indicate that European Americans students reported a higher incidence of "drunk" episodes per week than other racial/ethnic groups and greater use of specific pre-drinking behaviors such as protective strategies than their non-European American peers. No statistically significant differences were found between the drinking patterns between genders.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA. slawrenc@mail.ucf.edu
authors.forename: Shawn A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: Eileen Mazur
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Abel
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003625:Data Collection; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult