Who Does Not Cut Down? Comparing Characteristics and Drinking Motives of Drinkers and Abstainers during the Exam Periods

Autor/inn/en	Van Damme, Joris; Hublet, Anne; De Clercq, Bart; Kuntsche, Emmanuel; Maes, Lea; Clays, Els
Titel	Who Does Not Cut Down? Comparing Characteristics and Drinking Motives of Drinkers and Abstainers during the Exam Periods
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 65 (2017) 8, S.558-566 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2017.1356311
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; College Students; Drinking; Tests; Academic Achievement; Case Studies; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Personality Traits; Employment Opportunities; Regression (Statistics); Place of Residence; Intervention; Foreign Countries; Alcohol Abuse; Online Surveys; Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; Stress Variables; Statistical Analysis; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Trinken; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Schulleistung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Wohnort; Ausland; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; Statistische Analyse; Belgien
Abstract	Objective: Drinking alcohol during the exams can affect academic performance and future career options, but is rarely investigated. Drinking motives, sociodemographics and personality characteristics are investigated in nonabstainers and weekly drinkers during the exams. Participants: 7,181 Belgian university students who anonymously responded to an email invitation to an online survey. Methods: Logistic regressions and mixed design analysis of variance on cross-sectional data. Results: One-third of the students continued drinking during the exams, with 40% drinking weekly. Nonabstainers were mainly men, elder, internally motivated when drinking, and housed with parents or independently. Weekly drinkers were similar, except mainly housed in student apartments or independently. Personality characteristics were nonsignificant. All drinking motives were less pronounced during the exams, with smaller differences for internal motives. Conclusions: Mainly linked to internal drinking motives, drinking during the exams in higher education is underestimated. The characteristics and motives of students doing so can be used in future interventions. (As Provided).
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