ALCOHOL AND THE COLLEGE FRESHMAN: "BINGE" DRINKING AND ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS. A REPORT TO THE AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY

This study was undertaken to learn more about heavy drinking among college students. The aims of the study are: (1) to determine the specific changes in college drinking since the 1977 Wechsler, McFadden study, (2) to determine the types of problems experienced by heavy drinkers, (3) to search for factors which may account for the continuation of this high risk behavior. Seventeen out of twenty-one Massachusetts colleges participated in a survey that included state, private, all-women's, and junior colleges of varied size and location. Data from the junior colleges were omitted from this report. Student subjects were selected by drawing a random sample of 200 names from the roster of freshman enrollees.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This study was supported by a grant from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
• Corporate Authors:

  Harvard University

  School of Public Health, Youth Alcohol Drug Program, 677 Huntington Avenue
  Boston, MA  United States  02115
• Authors:
  • Wechsler, H
  • Isaac, N
• Publication Date: 1991-1

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 61 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Age; Alcohol use; College students; Data collection; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Random sampling; Students; Surveys; Teenage drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age
• Geographic Terms: Massachusetts
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00605503
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM