Drink (Socially) and Be Merry: Predicting Enjoyment and Self-Perceptions From Alcohol Consumption Among College Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 216769682094978
Author(s):  
Hannah R. Hamilton ◽  
Stephen Armeli ◽  
Howard Tennen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Diary Methods

Although many college students view drinking as a means of gaining a community and being social, research has not established whether alcohol consumption influences students’ enjoyment and perceptions of how others view them or how this may differ based on the social or solitary nature of that consumption. The current study used online daily diary methods to examine the association between alcohol consumption and enjoyment and self-perceptions at the within- and between-person levels of analysis. Results indicated that undergraduate students ( N = 877, 52% female) enjoyed their evenings more when they consumed more than their typical number of drinks with others but enjoyed evenings less when they consumed more than their typical number of drinks alone. In addition, consuming greater than their average number of drinks with others (but not alone) was related to feeling more social and attractive but less competent. These findings further highlight the distinct nature of social and solitary drinking and demonstrate positive outcomes of social alcohol consumption that may contribute to college alcohol consumption.

High Risk Drinking and College Students' Self-Perceptions

2005 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 936-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel C. Araujo ◽  
Eugene H. Wong
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Intellectual Ability ◽  
High School Gpa ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
High Risk Drinking

The present study examined the relationship between high risk drinking and college students' self-perceptions. High risk drinking was defined as the consumption of four or more drinks in a row for women and five or more drinks in a row for men during a single sitting (within the last year). Historical trends regarding college-age drinking indicate that 44% of college students fit the criteria for high risk drinking at least once over the past year. A survey was administered to 210 college students (52 men and 158 women) between 18 and 22 years of age ( M = 20.9, SD = 1.3) to assess their use of alcohol and their self-perceptions. Students' self-perceptions were measured with four subscales from the Neemann-Harter Self-perception Profile for College Students. Students either volunteered to participate in this study outside of class or were solicited during class. It was predicted that students' self-perceptions would differ significantly depending upon their alcohol consumption, i.e., 17.1% were Abstainers, 25.2% were Nonproblem Drinkers, and 57.6% were High Risk Drinkers. Analysis gave significant difference on Global Self-worth between students who abstained and those who were High Risk Drinkers. However, students' perceptions of Scholastic Competence, Intellectual Ability, and Social Acceptance did not differ significantly for the alcohol consumption groups. In addition to high risk drinking, a number of other variables were associated with self-perceptions, such as high school alcohol use, low high school GPA, and students' reported academic involvement. These relations are discussed.

scholarly journals Alcoholism among Dental Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL3) ◽  
pp. 475-478
Author(s):  
Nithyanandham Masilamani ◽  
Dhanraj Ganapathy
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Specific Stage ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Harmful Effects

College students are at a specific stage to experience more freedom in making personal choices about their health than earlier or later in life—some forms of risky such as alcohol consumption peak in this age group. Alcohol use is broadly reported among university students. To evaluate the pattern of alcohol consumption among dental undergraduate students and associated factors with alcohol consumption. This was a questionnaire-based cross-sectional type of study comprising 100 dental college students in Chennai. A self-designed questionnaire contains 10 questions based on the knowledge, awareness on the harmful effects of alcohol among dental college students. Questionnaires were circulated through an online website survey planet. After the responses were received from 100 participants, data was collected and . 92% of students are not alcoholics. 90% of students are aware that alcoholism is injurious to health. 76% of students were aware that alcoholics get a risk of hepatic cancer if they drink alcohol. 60% of students consuming alcohol said they drink because of family problems,35% because of work-related stress and 5% because of peer pressure. The alcohol consumption rate is less among dental students and the majority of them are aware of the harmful effects of alcoholism. However, more intense awareness programs should be initiated to discontinue the use of alcohol.

scholarly journals ‘This is Not the Holy Land’: Gendered Filipino Migrants in Israel and the Intersectional Diversity of Religious Belonging

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-21
Author(s):  
Vivienne Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Holy Land ◽  
The Social ◽  
Filipino Migrants ◽  
Gendered Patterns ◽  
And Gender

Social research has highlighted the positive outcomes of religious faith and practice for integration and belonging amongst migrants of different genders. However narratives of Filipino migrants in Israel suggest that religion, gender and belonging may not go hand-in-hand. By applying Anthias’ intersectional framework of ‘translocational positionality’, a wider range of religious faith can be taken into account beyond gendered patterns amongst participants and activists in religious communities. Religious belief and gender intersect with other social locations, leading to the expression of complex orientations to belonging: where people believe they fit into the social order. Going beyond the categories of religion and gender to take in other intersections is essential in understanding the experiences of “non-organised” believers – and non-believers – as well as active religious participants.

scholarly journals Woven Tapestries: Dialogues and Dilemmas in Editing a Diary

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. MO45-MO67
Author(s):  
Dorothy Sheridan
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Collaborative Process ◽  
Research Organisation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Second World

Naomi Mitchison (1897-1999) was an established novelist and political campaigner throughout her life. During the Second World War, she kept an extensive daily diary from her home on the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland which she sent in instalments to the London offices of the social research organisation, Mass Observation. Until the 1980s, this diary, together with 500 other diaries for the same period, remained largely unread. It was stored as part of the valuable Mass Observation Archive which was deposited at the University of Sussex in 1970. Between 1982 and 1984 it was edited for publication by Dorothy Sheridan, the Mass Observation archivist, in collaboration with Naomi Mitchison herself. It was first published as a book in 1985 by Gollancz as Among you taking notes: the wartime diary of Naomi Mitchison 1939-1945. This article is an account of the collaborative process of editing the original diary for publication and addresses questions of ownership, ethics and methodology raised by the process of editing life documents.

The Social Construction of Prejudice among Black and White College Students

NASPA Journal ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy D Radloff ◽  
Nancy Evans
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Social ◽  
Recommendations For Practice ◽  
Distinctive Difference ◽  
White College

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a distinctive difference between the prejudice of Black and White college students at a predominantly White Midwest university. Using focus groups, we explored the perceptions that Black and White undergraduate students have of each other and how they socially encounter each other on campus. We offer recommendations for practice based on the results of this study.

Using daily diary methods to understand how college students in recovery use social support

2021 ◽  
pp. 108406
Author(s):  
Kyler S. Knapp ◽  
H. Harrington Cleveland ◽  
Hannah B. Apsley ◽  
Kitty S. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Diary Methods

scholarly journals Born this Way?: U.S. College Students Make Sense of the Biosocial Underpinnings of Race and Other Identities

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Marc Johnston-Guerrero ◽  
Vu Tran
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
General Process ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Public Research Universities

<p>With advances in biotechnology come potential changes in how college students may understand the nature of identity. This study explores sensemaking around the biological underpinnings of proclaimed “social” identities (e.g., race, class, gender). Based on interviews with 34 undergraduate students recruited from two large, public, research universities in the United States, a conceptual model is offered to outline the general process of how students make sense of biological and/or social explanations of identity, including the role of controllability and essentialism. We discuss implications for multicultural education and teaching the “social construction” of identity in changing contexts.</p>

scholarly journals High-risk alcohol consumption may increase the risk of SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion: a prospective seroepidemiologic cohort study among American college students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sina Kianersi ◽  
Christina Ludema ◽  
Jonathan T. Macy ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
Molly Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Primary Outcome ◽  
Public University ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Indiana University ◽  
Audit Score ◽  
Antibody Tests

Aims: To estimate the associations between high-risk alcohol consumption and (1) SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion, (2) self-reported new SARS-CoV-2 infection, and (3) symptomatic COVID-19. Design: Prospective cohort Setting: Indiana University Bloomington (IUB), a public university of 34,660 students in southern Indiana. Participants: At the beginning of the fall 2020 semester, we randomly sampled N=1,267 IU undergraduate students, aged 18 years or older and residing in Monroe County, IN. Measurements: Primary exposure was high-risk alcohol consumption measured with the AUDIT questionnaire. We used an AUDIT score of 8 or more as the cut-off score when detecting high-risk alcohol consumption. Primary outcome was SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion, assessed with two SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests, at baseline and endline. Secondary outcomes were a) self-reported new SARS-CoV-2 infection at the study endline, and b) self-reported symptomatic COVID-19 at baseline. Findings: Prevalence of high-risk alcohol consumption was 34%. We found that students with high-risk alcohol consumption status had 2.34 [95% CI: (1.29, 4.24)] times the risk of SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion and 1.89 [95% CI: (1.08, 3.32)] times the risk of self-reporting a positive SARS-CoV-2 infection, compared to students with no such risk. Moreover, students with high-risk alcohol consumption were 18% more likely to develop symptomatic COVID-19, though this association was not statistically significant. Similar results were found after adjusting for sex at birth, race, and year in school. Findings from sensitivity analyses corroborated these results and suggested potential for a dose-response relationship. Conclusions: In this sample of American college students, high-risk alcohol consumption was associated with higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion/infection. These findings could have implications for colleges' reopening planning in fall 2021.

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