Surveyed incoming college students about their experiences with drinking games. Over 60 percent had played drinking games and considered them a means to get drunk quickly, socialize, control others, or get someone else drunk. Familiarity with drinking situations related to greater likelihood of playing drinking games. Participation was more common…

Reviews the extent of underage drinking and alcohol abuse by college students currently and in an historical perspective. Profiles of those individuals and groups most at risk for problem drinking are suggested. Provides examples of efforts to prevent or reduce collegiate drinking, including campus-community coalitions, environmental management…

Resurveyed colleges from two previous studies on alcohol use. Data from 14,000 students indicated that 44 percent were binge drinkers (the same rate as before). Both abstention and frequent binge drinking rates have increased significantly. Binge drinkers were more likely than other students to experience alcohol-related problems. Students on…

The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention publishes "Catalyst," a newsletter covering current Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence (AODV) prevention issues at institutions of higher education. "Catalyst" discusses emerging issues and highlights…

Alcohol expectancies have been theorized to be related to bits of information stored in memory about the subjective effects of alcohol use. Techniques for investigating memory processes are therefore helpful to identify these informational bits and their relation to each other in ways that correlation-based techniques may obscure. In this study…

Examined the relationship of a college's level of binge drinking and the number of alcohol outlets to lowered quality of neighborhood life through secondhand effects. Analysis indicated that the number of nearby alcohol outlets was an important factor mediating the relationship between colleges, especially those with high rates of binge drinking,…

Data from this study suggest that alcohol abuse is a significant social problem among college students. One implication of the findings is that the problem of abusive drinking must be dealt with in order to intervene effectively with one of its consequences--driving while under the influence. (JD)

Results of a convenience sample of predominately white undergraduate students from a large public university in the Midwest. Students were surveyed with regard to their views about alcohol consumption. The sample was divided between 239 libertarians and 192 supporters of collective responsibility as defined by their positions on alcohol…

Proposes that psychosocial needs to participate in rites of passage rituals are normal and necessary as college students move from adolescence to adulthood and that, lacking sanctioned alternatives, college students frequently use alcohol for rites of passage rituals. Suggests that university officials should encourage student groups to design and…

The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention publishes "Catalyst," a newsletter covering current Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence (AODV) prevention issues at institutions of higher education. "Catalyst" discusses emerging issues and highlights innovative efforts on…

This 1992 survey of alcohol use of university students conducted at the University of Kansas used identical sampling procedures and contained many of the same items as a previous survey conducted in 1988. A total of 493 questionnaires were returned. A total of 49 students or 9.9% claimed to not have had an alcoholic beverage or to have had one…

Alcohol on college campuses is not a new problem, but recent concerns have centered on heavy episodic drinking, binge drinking. To address these concerns, the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism established two panels of nongovernmental experts to help develop a national research agenda. This report represents the work of one…

This digest discusses binge drinking on U.S. college campuses. Male binge drinking is defined as five or more drinks in a row one or more times during a 2-week period; female binge drinking is defined as four or more drinks in a row one or more times during a two-week period. A drink is defined as twelve ounces of beer or wine cooler, four ounces…

Notes campus alcohol abuse presents campus administrators with a myriad of problems and seemingly conflicting goals. Suggests a systemic campus response, informed by applicable statutes and court decisions. Concludes that colleges are confronted by an urgent opportunity in the field of alcohol awareness. (Author/ABL)

Based on experiences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and other campuses, this report attempts to define the extent of alcohol use and resultant problems of college students. Concludes that by drawing upon various models available in the literature, college and university faculty, staff, and students can approach alcohol problems in…