CORRELATES OF DRINKING PROBLEMS BETWEEN VARIOUS COLLEGE MAJORS: Implications for identifying problem drinking among students.
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1987-04
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PURPOSE: the purpose of this study was to compare 18 problems related to drinking by course of study in a large national sample of university students. METHODS: the Student Alcohol Questionnaire was administered to 72 universities throughout the United States with the resulting sample containing 4,266 students.RESULTS: a significant difference was found in this sample of students on seven problems related to drinking between the majors. Business major experienced a higher percent of problems compared to health science (nursing, health education, etc) and other students. CONCLUSION: alcohol education and intervention programs need to be aimed at this group of students
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Other research papers on college student drinking and problems with alcohol 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/2022/17154; http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17181. The SAQ used in this study is found at: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17208 The classic 1975 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
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College major or faculty or course of study, binge drinking, drunk driving, alcohol problems, nursing, health education students
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Engs, R. C. & D.J. Hanson (1987) CORRELATES OF DRINKING PROBLEMS BETWEEN VARIOUS COLLEGE MAJORS: Implications for identifying problem drinking among students. Paper presented: AAHPERD Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, April. Retrieved from IUScholarworks Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17389
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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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