Citation

Buettner CK, Bartle-Haring S, Andrews DW, Khurana A. Addict. Behav. 2010; 35(6): 628-631.

Affiliation

Department of Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University, United States; The Ohio Collaborative, A Research and Policy Center for Schools, Children, and Families, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.01.011

PMID

20153587

PMCID

PMC2839029

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to extend the limited research on college student support for alcohol control policies by using a latent class analysis to examine the shared characteristics of drinking students who support or oppose such policies. METHODS: We used data from a sample of 2393 students drawn from a larger study on high risk drinking at a mid-western university. Data was collected between October 2005 and May 2007. We conducted a latent class analysis to identify sub-groups of drinking students based on relevant variables. RESULTS: The results of the latent class analysis yielded a model which could correctly classify 90% of the students taking the survey into one of four "classes" based upon their response to four items on the questionnaire. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions would benefit from approaches that target both student perceptions and specific policies that are most conducive to student support and engagement.

Language: en