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Peer reviewedWechsler, Henry – Change, 1996
A Harvard School of Public Health survey of 17,592 college students concerning alcohol consumption found 84% reported drinking during the school year, with 19% frequent binge drinkers. Half of these were binge drinkers in high school. Also investigated were other drug use, dangerous behavior, secondhand binge effects, and gender effects. A 12-step…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Behavior Patterns
Download full textWechsler, Henry; And Others – 1996
The College Alcohol Study (1993) surveyed nearly 18,000 undergraduate students at 140 colleges concerning their experience of either "binge drinking" or "secondary binge effects" (harm experienced as a result of binge drinking by others). The survey found that 44 percent of respondents were binge drinkers (50 percent of men and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Antisocial Behavior, Drinking
