TITLE:
Problem Drinking Behaviors: Differential Effects of Stress and School Type on College Students
AUTHORS:
Alvin Tran, Eric J. Nehl, Jessica Sales, Carla J. Berg
KEYWORDS:
Problem Drinking Behaviors; College Students; Binge Drinking; Alcohol Use
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Preventive Medicine,
Vol.4 No.4,
April
16,
2014
ABSTRACT: Given that alcohol use is highly prevalent at US colleges, we explored
factors related to problem drinking behaviors (PDB; binge drinking, driving
after drinking, sexual intercourse after drinking)
among 4098 Black and White students from two- and four-year colleges who
completed an online survey. We found an interaction between race and sex such
that, among Whites, females had less PDB than males (B = 0.09, CI: 0.05; 0.40,
p = 0.01). An interaction between race and school type also existed, such
that White students from four-year schools had greater PDB (B = 0.11, CI: 0.20;
0.54, p