Binge drinking and college students: An investigation of social problem-solving abilities Academic Article

abstract

• We examined social problem-solving skills and binge drinking among 286 undergraduate men (N = 90) and women (N = 196). The sample consisted of primarily first-year students (39%), sophomores (27%), juniors (21%), and seniors (13%), with an average age of 20. The makeup of the sample was predominantly Caucasian. Men were more likely than women to be classified as binge drinkers, but women had less effective social problem-solving skills, generally. Women who were binge drinkers had less effective social problem-solving abilities than women who were not binge drinkers. Implications for interventions and prevention programs are discussed.

authors

• Elliott, Timothy

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT

author list (cited authors)

• Dreer, L. E., Dush, D. M., Ronan, G. F., Elliott, T. R., & Ronan, D. W.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Dreer, LE||Dush, DM||Ronan, GF||Elliott, TR||Ronan, DW

publication date

• May 2004

publisher

• Johns Hopkins University Press  Publisher

published in

• JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT  Journal

keywords

• 39 Education
• 3903 Education Systems
• 3904 Specialist Studies In Education

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1353/csd.2004.0033

start page

• 303

end page

• 315

volume

• 45

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/csd.2004.0033