title: The role of positive alcohol expectancies in underage binge drinking among college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study explored associations between positive alcohol expectancies, and demographics, as well as academic status and binge drinking among underage college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 1,553 underage college students at 3 public universities and 1 college in the Southeast who completed the Core Alcohol and Drug Survey in the Spring 2013 semester.
  
  
  METHODS
  A series of bivariate analyses and logistic regression models were used to examine associations between demographic and academic status variables as well as positive alcohol expectancies with self-reported binge drinking. Positive alcohol expectancies were examined in multivariable models via 2 factors derived from principal component analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students who endorsed higher agreement of these 2 emergent factors (sociability, sexuality) were more likely to report an occurrence of binge drinking in the past 2 weeks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Study results document associations between positive alcohol expectancies and binge drinking among underage students; implications for prevention and treatment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Summer Research Institute Fellow, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute , University of South Florida , Tampa , Florida.
authors.forename: Nicole M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: Blake
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schonfeld
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067292:Alcohol Drinking in College / Q000523:psychology*; D063425:Binge Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000066608:Underage Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Core survey; college binge drinking; positive alcohol expectancies; underage