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  • Title: The role of positive alcohol expectancies in underage binge drinking among college students.
    Author: McBride NM, Barrett B, Moore KA, Schonfeld L.
    Journal: J Am Coll Health; 2014; 62(6):370-9. PubMed ID: 24678848.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: This study explored associations between positive alcohol expectancies, and demographics, as well as academic status and binge drinking among underage college students. PARTICIPANTS: A sample of 1,553 underage college students at 3 public universities and 1 college in the Southeast who completed the Core Alcohol and Drug Survey in the Spring 2013 semester. METHODS: A series of bivariate analyses and logistic regression models were used to examine associations between demographic and academic status variables as well as positive alcohol expectancies with self-reported binge drinking. Positive alcohol expectancies were examined in multivariable models via 2 factors derived from principal component analyses. RESULTS: Students who endorsed higher agreement of these 2 emergent factors (sociability, sexuality) were more likely to report an occurrence of binge drinking in the past 2 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: Study results document associations between positive alcohol expectancies and binge drinking among underage students; implications for prevention and treatment are discussed.
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