ALCOHOL USE AND ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS: American Vs Canadian Students Implications for public policy
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1990
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PURPOSE: the purpose of this study was to compare alcohol consumption and the number of problems associated with alcohol use between students attending universities in Ontario, Canada and the North-Central portion of the United States. SAMPLE: A convenience sample of 4,911 Canadian and 1,687 American students were selected. RESULTS: the results revealed significant differences in the amount of alcohol consumed and the number of alcohol-related problems experienced between the Canadian and American students, between males and females and between students in different years of study for alcohol consumption. A steady decrease in consumption from year 1 to year 4 of Canadian students and a steady increase in the corresponding groups for the American sample was found. This same pattern was observed for the number of problems related to drinking. CONCLUSIONS: it was concluded that the 19 year old drinking law in Ontario might help students to reach more responsible drinking at an earlier age as opposed to the 21 year old law in the USA. Practical and more realistic alcohol education for Ontario youth compared to the USA sample might also be a factor.
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The questionnaire used for this study can be found at IUSholarwork repository: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17184. RESEARCH PAPERS on consequences of student problem drinking and drug use can be found at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17130/browse?type=title; https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17127/browse?type=title and https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17124/browse?type=title. Further information about the questionnaire, calculations used for the study, and the original data base can be found in the following item records within IUScholarworks repository. Details about the reliability and validity of the SAQ are found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17182; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17154; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17181. The classic 1975 copy of the SAQ is found at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17153. ALL QUESTIONNAIRES developed by Engs are found in the repository at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/17141/browse?type=dateissued
The data base and SPSS program used for the study can be found at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17283
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Underage drinking, Canada, United States, lower the drinking age, harm reduction, public policy, drugs, alcohol, responsible drinking education
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Engs, R., Gliksman, L and Smythe, C. (1990) ALCOHOL USE AND ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS: American Vs CANADIAN STUDENTS. Implications for public policy
Paper Presented: ICAA Congress, Berlin, Germany, June, 1990. Retrieved from the IUScholarWorks repository at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17233
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This work is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. For permission to reuse this work for commercial purposes, please contact Dr. Ruth Engs or the IU Archives.
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