Citation

Vidourek RA, King KA, Huang ST. J. Subst. Use 2019; 24(3): 258-264.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa Healthcare)

DOI

10.1080/14659891.2018.1552730

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Alcohol use among college students continues to be a major public health problem in the United States. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to examine factors associated with recent alcohol use among college students. Participants completed the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment in their classrooms. The university wellness center recruited participants.

FINDINGS indicated 76.0% of participants reported using alcohol in the past 30 days. Recent alcohol use was associated with multiple factors including grade level, sorority/fraternity status, been emotionally abused, mental health problems, and other drug use. College health professionals may use study findings to develop and implement harm reduction and alcohol prevention programming for students. © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Language: en

Keywords

human; suicide; female; male; alcohol; binge drinking; cannabis; depression; college student; drugs; college students; alcohol consumption; priority journal; anxiety disorder; social aspect; demography; Article; harm reduction; Recent alcohol use