Download or read book College Women Reflect on the Role of Alcohol in Managing Emotions During Their Freshman Year Living on Campus written by Karen Logsdon and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explored the role of alcohol in the emotional development of college women during their first year living on campus. The field of alcohol research is currently dominated by large-scale surveys focusing primarily on high-risk drinking among male students. Research examining college women's alcohol use has been limited and has not addressed the psychosocial context and environment pertaining to women's experiences. The research was guided by Chickering and Reisser's (1993) psychosocial development theory, vector two, "managing emotions." Data collection methods included individual interviews of eleven female sophomore students during the spring semester of 2009. Participants reflected on their freshman year adjustment both academic and social along with their drinking experiences. The findings suggest that alcohol provided a mechanism for meeting new peers, an environment for socializing in a friendly atmosphere and a form of stress relief.^In addition, participants drank as a means of coping with negative emotions. Four major themes emerged from the data analysis which are: (a) Drinking as an opportunity to build social networks; (b) Drinking to get drunk: But not too drunk; (c) Drinking as a means of seeking social support for emotions; and (d) Drinking experiences that led to personal development. This exploratory study supports previous research findings that subgroups of women are drinking and engaging in binge drinking to cope with stressors, negative emotions and failed relationships. This research is limited in terms of its application to all college women; instead, it offers a broader understanding of the role of alcohol in psychosocial development of first-year college women. However, these findings indicate that first-year college women may benefit from a structured means of gaining social and emotional support.^Implications for approaching alcohol prevention in a gender-specific manner are discussed, in addition to recommendations for future studies.
Download or read book Emotional Development and Alcohol Use Among Entering College Students written by Emily Carol Pettit and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Getting Wasted written by Thomas Vander Ven and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique answer to the perennial question--why do college students drink so much? Most American college campuses are home to a vibrant drinking scene where students frequently get wasted, train-wrecked, obliterated, hammered, destroyed, and decimated. The terms that university students most commonly use to describe severe alcohol intoxication share a common theme: destruction, and even after repeated embarrassing, physically unpleasant, and even violent drinking episodes, students continue to go out drinking together. In Getting Wasted, Thomas Vander Ven provides a unique answer to the perennial question of why college students drink. Vander Ven argues that college students rely on “drunk support:” contrary to most accounts of alcohol abuse as being a solitary problem of one person drinking to excess, the college drinking scene is very much a social one where students support one another through nights of drinking games, rituals and rites of passage. Drawing on over 400 student accounts, 25 intensive interviews, and one hundred hours of field research, Vander Ven sheds light on the extremely social nature of college drinking. Giving voice to college drinkers as they speak in graphic and revealing terms about the complexity of the drinking scene, Vander Ven argues that college students continue to drink heavily, even after experiencing repeated bad experiences, because of the social support that they give to one another and due to the creative ways in which they reframe and recast violent, embarrassing, and regretful drunken behaviors. Provocatively, Getting Wasted shows that college itself, closed and seemingly secure, encourages these drinking patterns and is one more example of the dark side of campus life.
Download or read book Alcohol Use Knowledge and Attitudes Among Freshman Women written by Logan Rhodes Hazen and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of alcohol on freshman women during the critical transition into college. Specifically, the study focused on differences in knowledge of alcohol facts and attitudes toward use of alcohol among freshman women prior to college. Further, the study focused on changes in use of alcohol, knowledge of alcohol facts, and attitude toward use of alcohol among freshman women during their initial term of college. To provide background, demographic characteristics based on level of alcohol use were compiled. The subjects in this study were 132 entering freshman women attending Oregon State University in fall 1979. The data used in testing the hypotheses under investigation were collected during summer 1979 and during the first weeks of winter term 1980. Alcohol use and alcohol use group classification were determined by a Quantity-Frequency instrument. The Student Alcohol Questionnaire measured the subjects' knowledge of alcohol facts. The attitude instrument measured attitude toward intemperate (excessive) use of alcohol. The hypotheses developed to test initial differences in knowledge of alcohol facts and attitude toward use of alcohol were tested utilizing the analysis of variance. Where significance was indicated, further analysis was conducted with the Student-Newman-Keuls procedure to determine specific initial differences among alcohol use groups. Paired t-tests were utilized to analyze changes in use of alcohol, knowledge of alcohol facts, and attitudes toward alcohol use for the total sample and individual use groups. The .05 level of significance was required for all tests. The results of the study indicated: 1. There were no significant differences in knowledge of facts about alcohol among entering freshman women based on their level of alcohol use. 2. There were significant differences in attitude toward the use of alcohol among the entering freshman women. a. The abstaining group of freshman women were significantly the least tolerant of intemperate use of alchol by themselves and others. b. The infrequent drinking group of freshman women supported intemperate drinking by themselves and others to a significantly greater extent than the abstaining group. c. The infrequent drinking group of freshman women were significantly less tolerant of intemperate use of alcohol by themselves and others than the light, moderate and heavy drinking freshman women. d. The light, moderate and heavy drinking freshman women's attitudes toward intemperate use of alcohol were not significantly different from each other. e. The light, moderate and heavy drinking groups of freshman women endorsed intemperate drinking by themselves and others to a significantly greater extent than the abstaining and infrequent drinking groups of freshman women. 3. There was a significant increase in the use of alcohol among the freshman women at the end of their first term of college. 4. There was a significant increase in knowledge of alcohol facts among the freshman women at the end of their first term of college. a. There was a significant increase in knowledge of alcohol facts among the light, moderate and heavy drinking freshman women at the end of their first term of college. b. There was no significant change in knowledge of alcohol facts among the abstaining and infrequent drinking freshman women. 5 There was a significant increase in tolerant attitudes toward use of alcohol among the freshman women at the end of their first term of college. a. There were significant increases in favorable attitude toward intemperate use of alcohol among infrequent and light drinking freshman women at the end of their first term of college. b. There were no significant changes in attitude toward intemperate use of alcohol among abstaining, moderate and heavy drinking freshman women at the end of their first term of college.
Download or read book American Hookup The New Culture of Sex on Campus written by Lisa Wade and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A must-read for any student—present or former—stuck in hookup culture’s pressure to put out." —Ana Valens, Bitch Offering invaluable insights for students, parents, and educators, Lisa Wade analyzes the mixed messages of hookup culture on today’s college campuses within the history of sexuality, the evolution of higher education, and the unfinished feminist revolution. She draws on broad, original, insightful research to explore a challenging emotional landscape, full of opportunities for self-definition but also the risks of isolation, unequal pleasure, competition for status, and sexual violence. Accessible and open-minded, compassionate and honest, American Hookup explains where we are and how we got here, asking, “Where do we go from here?”
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Call to Action written by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-19 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year as spring break approaches or when another promising young student dies in an alcohol-related tragedy, college drinking becomes a national issue. Although excessive drinking by college students is accepted as a rite of passage by many, alcohol-related tragedies never fail to shock us and to prompt calls for immediate action. When schools respond with well intentioned programs, but the problem persists, it is natural to wonder how much we really understand about excessive, college student drinking. Is it inevitable? Can we take steps to prevent it or reduce its consequences? Why have efforts to date proven ineffective? The fact is that since 1976, when the newly created National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) issued its only report on abusive drinking by college students, research advances have transformed our understanding of alcohol abuse and related problems. For example, we now know that a broad array of factors affect college student drinking behavior. These include an individual's susceptibility to alcohol, campus norms related to drinking, and conditions within the larger community that make alcohol readily accessible and fail to penalize inappropriate use. Together these influences contribute to a culture of drinking that is more damaging and deadly than previously recognized. This report, developed by the NIAAA-supported Task Force on College Drinking after 3 years of intensive discussions, describes our new understanding of dangerous drinking behavior by college students and its consequences for both drinkers and nondrinkers. Rather than debate how many drink how much, the Task Force focused on the consequences. What it found challenges many common assumptions about the size and nature of the problem. Not only do some 1,400 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die every year as a result of hazardous drinking, but a half million suffer unintentional injuries under the influence of alcohol. Another 600,000 are assaulted by fellow drinking students and more than 70,000 are sexually assaulted. The data on academic achievement, damage to facilities, and health problems are equally alarming. The nature of existing data leads to the inference that some college students meet the diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence as currently specified by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV), but are not receiving treatment. Although most students who exhibit dangerous drinking behavior during their college career mature out of heavy drinking, this behavior and its consequences are nonetheless cause for concern. In its report, the Task Force outlines a series of recommendations for colleges and universities, researchers, and NIAAA. What distinguishes this guidance from others is its firm reliance on scientific evidence and its call for collaboration between academic institutions and researchers. In response to the information and recommendations in this report, NIAAA is committing an additional $8 million over the next two fiscal years to the issue of college drinking. It also is collaborating with several college presidents to determine the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing the problem. The chancellor of a university that recently suffered the alcohol-related death of one of its students said, "Our children's lives are at real risk, and universities need to make every effort to prevent any more lives from being wasted." This report underscores the wisdom of that advice and urges us to join forces in changing the culture of drinking on our Nation's campuses from one that fosters destructive behavior to one that discourages it.
Download or read book How Do Alcohol related Consequences Change Across the Freshman Year of College and what is the Role of Alcohol Expectancies written by Kara Kagan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study contributes to the vast body of literature regarding alcohol-related consequences in the college population. This study sought to examine how and which alcohol-related consequences change across the freshman year of college, specifically assessing problems in four domains, including physiological, social, sexual, and legal. In addition, this study sought to identify predictor variables of experiencing consequences at the end of the freshman year by examining the role of alcohol expectancies, alcohol consumption, and previous experience of problems. Participants were 398 incoming freshman at a private, four-year university. In addition to completing a demographics questionnaire and the Alcohol Expectancies Inventory (AEI) at student orientation, participants were also asked to complete a survey that measures alcohol-related problems at both orientation and at the end of spring quarter. T-tests were used to examine changes in alcohol-related consequences at orientation and spring assessment. Chi-square tests were used to examine differences in rates of specific problems at both time points. Finally, multiple hierarchical regression analyses were used to identify predictors of alcohol-related consequences reported at the end of freshman year. Results indicate that overall, problems tend to increase across the freshman year. However, more specific analysis revealed that problems tend to increase in the physiological and social domains, but not in the legal and sexual domains. For those that reported drinking at both orientation and follow-up assessment time points, individuals reported an average of 6.37 problems at spring compared to 5.55 at orientation. Further, positive alcohol expectancies did not significantly predict problems reported at spring assessment. Rather, problems at orientation and alcohol consumption were stronger predictors, with problems at orientation adding significant variance above-and-beyond alcohol consumption. The results highlight that students are experiencing an increase in consequences across the freshman year of college. Further, results point to past behavior and alcohol consumption as stronger predictors than cognitions of experiencing future alcohol-related consequences. Results also add to the literature on positive expectancies by suggesting that intervention and prevention efforts focused on addressing students' beliefs may not be as effective as focusing efforts on students who report early experience of consequences in addition to alcohol consumption.
Download or read book Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students BASICS written by Linda A. Dimeff and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 1999-01-08 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This instructive manual presents a pragmatic and clinically proven approach to the prevention and treatment of undergraduate alcohol abuse. The BASICS model is a nonconfrontational, harm reduction approach that helps students reduce their alcohol consumption and decrease the behavioral and health risks associated with heavy drinking. Including numerous reproducible handouts and assessment forms, the book takes readers step-by-step through conducting BASICS assessment and feedback sessions. Special topics covered include the use of DSM-IV criteria to evaluate alcohol abuse, ways to counter student defensiveness about drinking, and obtaining additional treatment for students with severe alcohol dependency. Note about Photocopy Rights: The Publisher grants individual book purchasers nonassignable permission to reproduce selected figures, information sheets, and assessment instruments in this book for professional use. For details and limitations, see copyright page.
Download or read book College Drinking written by George W. Dowdall and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2009 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drinking has become recognized as one of the most important problems facing today's college student. Even though college drinking has increased only modestly over the past few decades, concern about its health, behavioral, and safety consequences has risen rapidly. This book examines college drinking as a social problem within higher education, based on interviews with many leading figures engaged in addressing the problem. It assesses the evidence about how many students drink or drink excessively, and what kinds of behavioral and health problems they have as a consequence. The book answers the crucial questions of why students drink and what mixture of personal and environmental factors shape college drinking. The complex links to campus crime and sexual assault are discussed fully. Key practical questions about effective prevention programs and countermeasures are answered in detail. Students and parents can take action to lower the risk of binge drinking by consulting an appendix, which explains how to use college guide data on 400 leading institutions or data about alcohol violations and crime available for several thousand colleges. Anyone concerned with higher education today will find a full discussion of the scope of the problem and what can be done about it.
Download or read book College Student Drinking Beliefs Regarding Alcohol Use in College Life and Student Retention from Freshman to Sophomore Year written by Maribeth Insana and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alcohol Use and Misuse by Young Adults written by George S. Howard and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without doubt abuse of alcohol by college students is a problem of almost epidemic proportions. The academic, personal, and legal ramifications of this problem make it a matter of urgent concern to all collegiate administrators. Alcohol Use and Misuse by Young Adults addresses the latest medical and psychological research in the field of alcohol studies and raises crucial issues regarding alcohol use and abuse among college-aged adults. The contributors examine the key issues, programs, and problems that every college alcohol education/treatment program must consider and their essays reflect the latest empirical data on treatment issues of relevance to substance abuse and dependence in young adults.
Download or read book Reducing Underage Drinking written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-03-26 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks â€" and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol. Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which may different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. Reducing Underage Drinking will serve as both a game plan and a call to arms for anyone with an investment in youth health and safety.
Download or read book First Year College Women and the Alcohol Munchies written by Danielle L. Apodaca and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book TIP 35 Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Updated 2019 written by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivation is key to substance use behavior change. Counselors can support clients' movement toward positive changes in their substance use by identifying and enhancing motivation that already exists. Motivational approaches are based on the principles of person-centered counseling. Counselors' use of empathy, not authority and power, is key to enhancing clients' motivation to change. Clients are experts in their own recovery from SUDs. Counselors should engage them in collaborative partnerships. Ambivalence about change is normal. Resistance to change is an expression of ambivalence about change, not a client trait or characteristic. Confrontational approaches increase client resistance and discord in the counseling relationship. Motivational approaches explore ambivalence in a nonjudgmental and compassionate way.
Download or read book Predicting Changes in Drinking and Alcohol Consequences During Freshman Year written by Erika E. Osberg and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Reduce High risk College Drinking written by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College student drinking to excess is a widespread national problem with serious consequences and it has been for a long time. Although the factors that have made the problem so intractable are complex, today based on scientific research results we have the potential to make real progress in controlling excessive drinking. In fact, a substantial body of research studies now offers direction on how to reduce excessive, underage, and high-risk college drinking. On the basis of this information, colleges and universities, communities, and other interested organizations can take steps toward positive change more confidently. Although significant information gaps remain, the science-based guidance now available means campuses and communities no longer have to “reinvent the wheel” when they try to address the problem. It also enables us to avoid inadvertently perpetuating ineffective programs and approaches.The availability of science-based guidance is a significant step forward because lack of information about what works and what does not has been a major obstacle to progress. On the research side, high-quality research has addressed only some of the issues of concern to college administrators and the practical implications of research results have not been widely disseminated. On the institutional side, most campus alcohol efforts have not been evaluated, which has hindered the effectiveness of individual campus efforts and slowed the growth of the knowledge base from which all could learn.Although the research base on college alcohol problems is limited, the panel of college presidents, students, and alcohol research specialists that contributed to this report identified a number of effective strategies that colleges and universities could confidently use today. These include strategies for changing the environment to discourage high-risk drinking, affecting the behavior of individuals and groups, creating comprehensive college-community efforts to combat the problem, and adopting effective approaches for managing program implementation. It is encouraging that many of these strategies require no new resources, are modest in costs, and can be accomplished by existing staff.From its review of the scientific literature, the Panel on Prevention and Treatment believes that adopting approaches with demonstrated effectiveness can begin to reduce high-risk college drinking and continue to advance knowledge by filling critical research gaps. The Panel recommends that the action steps and research needs described below receive priority attention from colleges and universities, researchers, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and other potential funders, communities, and interested organizations.The Panel recommended more action steps in some areas than in others. This is primarily due to the amount of research available. Except as noted, approaches that have not been included in the recommendations are not necessarily ineffective. Often simply less is known about them. Among the “key research gaps” identified by the Panel is the need for rigorous testing of strategies now considered “promising” based on face value or common sense. As researchers rise to this challenge, the effectiveness of many of these approaches will become known.
