Sociodemographic and Psychobehavioral Characteristics of US College Students Who Abstain from Alcohol

Autor/inn/en	Huang, Jiun-Hau; DeJong, William; Towvim, Laura Gomberg; Schneider, Shari Kessel
Titel	Sociodemographic and Psychobehavioral Characteristics of US College Students Who Abstain from Alcohol
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 57 (2009) 4, S.395-410 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Prevention; Drinking; Psychological Patterns; Student Characteristics; Alcohol Abuse; Surveys; Health Behavior; Predictor Variables; Gender Differences; Age Differences; High School Students; Fraternities; Sororities; Athletes; Smoking; Marijuana; Religion; Student Employment; Parent Influence; Peer Influence; Mothers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Trinken; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Prädiktor; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Frauengruppe; Athlet; Rauchen; Studentenarbeit; Mother; Mutter
Abstract	Objective: The authors examined the sociodemographics and psychobehavioral characteristics of undergraduate US college students who abstain from alcohol. Participants: The respondents were 5,210 undergraduates from 32 colleges and universities. Methods: A survey was mailed to 300 randomly selected students per institution (spring 2000 or 2001). The response rate was 56.2%. Results: Overall, 20.5% of the students abstained. Predictors of abstention included the student's own negative attitude toward alcohol use; perception of friends' alcohol attitudes; male gender; being under age 21; abstaining in high school; non-Greek member or pledge; nonathlete; nonsmoker; non-marijuana user; participant in a religious group; working either 0 or 10+ hours per week for salary; having a mother who abstains; and having a close friend who abstains. Conclusion: Additional research on abstainers is warranted. Campus-based prevention programs should be grounded in a better understanding of how motives not to drink are developed and sustained in high school and college. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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