Citation

Engwall DB, Goldstein MB. J. Drug Educ. 1990; 20(3): 227-234.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain 06050.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Baywood Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2250210

Abstract

College students (N = 276) completed surveys describing two common drinking situations. One scenario described a student alone in an apartment after a weekday class; the other, the same student at a weekend party. Sex of the drinker in the scenario was systematically varied. Students estimated the number of drinks a social drinker and a problem drinker would have in each situation. Results indicated that: 1) definitions of social and problem drinking are strongly influenced by drinking context, and 2) male and female subjects estimated that problem drinkers of the opposite sex drank more than problem drinkers of their own sex. Problem drinkers were regularly estimated to consume three to four more drinks than the subject would in the same situation. Implications for education and prevention are discussed.

Language: en