POLISH AND AMERICAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' DRINKING PATTERNS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY
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1990-06
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The PURPOSE of the study was to test the hypotheses that cultural differences influence drinking patterns and beverage preferences between countries. METHODS: The Student Alcohol Questionnaire (SAQ) was used to collect data in both samples. RESULTS. The sample contained 3375 American and 1408 Polish university students. Approximately the same percent of students in Poland and the United States of America drink at least once a year. When type of beverage was examined, no significant difference was found between the number of drinks of beer or spirits consumed by both groups. However, Polish students consume a significantly higher (p < .001) quantity of wine (X = 8.7 drinks/week) compared to the American sample (X = 0.8 drinks/week). In addition, a significantly higher quantity (p < .001) of alcohol was consumed by Polish students (X = 18.5 drinks/week compared to American students (X = 10.5). It was CONCLUDED that the samples of students in this study reflected their cultures in terms of drinking patterns and beverage preference.
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Other RESEARCH PAPERS on student drinking using the SAQ 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
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Poland, drinking patterns, Polish college students, alcoholism
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Engs,R.C. & J.B. Slawinska (1990). POLISH AND AMERICAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' DRINKING PATTERNS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY. Paper presented 35th International Institute on the Prevention and Treatment of Alcoholism (ICAA Congress) Berlin, W. Germany,June 1990. Retrieved from IUScholarWorks Repository:
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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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