P-27HEAVY EPISODIC DRINKING AND UNSAFE SEX IN COLLEGE STUDENTS

Potential demographic and cultural predictors of heavy episodic drinking in Hispanic college students

An intervention to decrease heavy episodic drinking in college students: the effect of executive function training.

OBJECTIVE To develop and test a planning-ability, executive function (EF) intervention to reduce heavy episodic drinking (HED). PARTICIPANTS Fifty-five heavy-drinking, first-year college students, recruited from May to October 2012. METHODS Participants were randomly allocated to an experimental or active control group and then completed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consump...

Environmental Predictors of Heavy Episodic Drinking Among College Students: A Preliminary Validation Study

This paper presents three studies examining the predictive validity of environmental factors associated with heavy drinking among college students. Introduction Colleges and universities are increasingly adopting environmental approaches to prevent alcohol-related problems experienced by students (Wechsler et. al, 2000b). Little research, however, guides such efforts. This paper augments the cu...

Alcohol drinking among college students: college responsibility for personal troubles

BACKGROUND One young adult in two has entered university education in Western countries. Many of these young students will be exposed, during this transitional period, to substantial changes in living arrangements, socialisation groups, and social activities. This kind of transition is often associated with risky behaviour such as excessive alcohol consumption. So far, however, there is little ...

Examining Factors Associated with Heavy Episodic Drinking Among College Undergraduates

Heavy episodic drinking among college students is a serious health concern. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with heavy episodic drinking behaviors amongst a predominately Asian undergraduate college student population in the United States. A survey measuring alcohol use behaviors was completed by a random sample of 18-24 year old undergraduates during April, 2011. A...