[Comparative study of the drinking patterns of heavy-drinking and other college students]

In order to contribute to measures to solve the problems caused by college students who are heavy drinkers, a comparative study of their drinking patterns, as compared to the drinking patterns of other college students, was conducted. Significant differences were observed between heavy-drinking and other students in the following 14 instances, which include drinking frequency, attitude when offered a drink, coerced drinking, like or dislike of drinking, insatiable drinking, flushing or turning pale during drinking, attitude towards a doctor's advice to quit drinking, desire to quit drinking, cost of drinking, attitude towards someone who cannot drink, experience of morning drinking during the past year, experience of loss of consciousness due to drinking, lack of success in efforts to stop drinking, and opinion of those who gulp down drinks. Almost no significant differences were revealed between heavy drinkers and other college students in regard to the desire to drink after taking an examination, drinking on borrowed money, and acting surly or abusive after drinking. Relationships between the ratio of heavy-drinking students and club activities, place of residence and place of birth were also investigated. Results which implied relationships in these cases were found, but the sample was too small to detect significant differences. Further investigation is needed by increasing the sample numbers.