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Qi, Baiyu; Humphrey, Addie; Bulik, Cynthia M.; Baker, Jessica H.; Munn-Chernoff, Melissa A. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Food-restricted alcohol consumption (FRAC) is a growing concern among college students. We investigated demographic and lifestyle characteristics and psychiatric symptoms associated with FRAC. Participants: College students (n = 561) at a large southeastern university in the United States. Methods: Participants completed online…
Descriptors: Drinking, College Students, Eating Habits, Student Characteristics
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Buchholz, Laura J.; Crowther, Janis H.; Ciesla, Jeffrey A. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: Women who report greater chronic dieting consume more alcohol, drink more frequently, and experience greater problems than women who report less chronic dieting. Alcohol may also temporarily disrupt a woman's dietary rules, leading to increased caloric intake and subsequent restriction. This study examined whether alcohol use mediated…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Alcohol Abuse, Womens Studies, Chronic Illness
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Sussman, Steve; Unger, Jennifer B.; Begay, Cynthia; Moerner, Lou; Soto, Claradina – Journal of Drug Education, 2021
The present study investigated the prevalence and co-occurrence of addictions to tobacco, alcohol, other drugs, food/eating, the internet, texting, video games, shopping, love, sex, exercise, work, and gambling among American Indian (AI) youth in California. As with previous work in other cultural groups, the most prevalent addictions were love,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Adolescents, Addictive Behavior, Incidence
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Alshehri, Saad Zafir; Byrne, Jenny; Grace, Marcus – Health Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how and why Saudi Arabian students engage in specific health risk behaviours (HRBs), and if there are gender differences. Design/methodology/approach: In order to find out the situation regarding university students in Saudi Arabia, quantitative data were collected by administering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Risk
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Rush, Christina C.; Curry, John F.; Looney, John G. – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: The authors investigated binge drinking, alcohol expectancies, and risky and protective drinking behaviors in relation to disordered eating behaviors in male and female college students. Participants: The full sample consisted of 7,720 undergraduate students, 18 to 22 years of age. Drinking behaviors were analyzed in 4,592 recent…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
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Pelletier, Jennifer E.; Lytle, Leslie A.; Laska, Melissa N. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
The objective of this study was to describe the relationship between stress, weight-related health risk behaviors (e.g., eating behaviors, physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, cigarette smoking, and binge drinking), and weight status using cross-sectional data on 2-year community college students enrolled in a randomized controlled weight…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Case Studies, Regression (Statistics), Correlation
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de Winter, Channa F.; Magilsen, Karla W.; van Alfen, J. Claudia; Penning, Corine; Evenhuis, Heleen M. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
The prevalence and correlates of cardiovascular risk factors in older adults with intellectual disability was examined. We conducted a cross-sectional study with 50- to 90-year-old clients (N = 470) of three Dutch intellectual disability care providing organizations and found that healthy behavior was low, with 98.9% of the participants having an…
Descriptors: Incidence, Mental Retardation, Alcohol Abuse, Risk