A comparison of alcohol drinkers at a state and private university. Academic Article

abstract

• The purpose of this study was to compare the drinking behaviors of college students at a large state university to the drinking behaviors of their counterparts at a smaller church university.Questionnaires were administered to a total sample of 764-434 students represented the state university, while 330 students represented the church university. Statistical analysis of the data revealed significant differences at the .05 alpha level between the two groups of drinkers. However, many similarities between the two groups did exist. Two of the three null hypotheses were supported by the data. Only in one category did the drinkers at the church school respond notably higher than the state school drinkers. Considerably more church school drinkers admitted to drinking primarily when in a lonely or sad mood than the state school drinkers. Drinkers at the church school felt a need to hide or be alone when drinking and did not use alcohol to socialize as often as their state school counterparts.

authors

• Wylie, Wayne

published proceedings

• J Relig Health

author list (cited authors)

• Wylie, W. E., & Hill, D.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Wylie, WE||Hill, D

publication date

• June 1989

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Religion and Health  Journal

keywords

• 3 Good Health And Well Being
• 42 Health Sciences
• 4206 Public Health
• 52 Psychology
• 5203 Clinical And Health Psychology
• Alcoholism, Alcohol Use And Health
• Pediatric
• Substance Misuse
• Underage Drinking

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/BF00996071

start page

• 143

end page

• 151

volume

• 28

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1007%2Fbf00996071

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being