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Social context of drinking and alcohol problems among college students
Kenneth H Beck1, Amelia M Arria, Kimberly M Caldeira
1Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD 20742, USA. kbeck1@umd.edu
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.
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