Citation

Wiggins B, Wiggins JA. J. Stud. Alcohol 1992; 53(2): 137-141.

Affiliation

Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3355.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1560665

Abstract

A substantial literature on the association between sociability and drinking level exists, but it has produced inconsistent and unremarkable results. The purpose of this study was to provide evidence for the multidimensionality of sociability and to test the hypothesis that the various dimensions are differentially related to drinking level. Measures of six dimensions of sociability were derived from the items of existing measures of sociability and were correlated with the drinking levels of college students, both male and female. Although some weak associations were found, none of the six dimensions of sociability examined had better explanatory power than more traditional measures of sociability.

Language: en