Drinking likelihood, alcohol problems, and peer influence among first-year college students

Laura L. Talbott; Ryan J. Martin; Stuart L. Usdan; James D. Leeper; M. Rénee Umstattd; Jennifer L. Cremeens; Brian F. Geiger

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Drinking likelihood, alcohol problems, and peer influence among first-year college students

Laura L. Talbott, Ryan J. Martin, Stuart L. Usdan, James D. Leeper, M. Rénee Umstattd, Jennifer L. Cremeens, Brian F. Geiger

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Excessive alcohol consumption is a predominant health concern on college campuses in the United States. A stepwise multiple regression analysis was used to examine the predictive values of demographic factors in relation to alcohol subscales (Drinking Context Scale, College Alcohol Problems Scale-revised, and Social Modeling Scale) with the outcome of number of drinking days in the past 30 days among a sample (n = 224) of first-year college students. The final model predicted 37.5% of the variability in drinking days in the past month. All variables, except for race, were significantly associated with the outcome (p < .05).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	433-440
Number of pages	8
Journal	American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Volume	34
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990802122655
State	Published - Jul 2008

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Alcohol problems
College alcohol
Freshman
Peer influence

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