Citation

Igra A, Moos RH. J. Youth Adolesc. 1979; 8(4): 393-405.

Affiliation

Social Ecology Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, California.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF02088657

PMID

24317842

Abstract

This paper presents a longitudinal study of alcohol use among college students. Three hypothesized predictors of alcohol use are found to have an independent effect when the other predictors and prior drinking are held constant: the drinking context of the dormitory living group, informal social involvement in college, and lack of commitment to religious and academic values. These predictors are also related to the onset of drinking during the freshman year for those who entered college as abstainers. The pattern varies somewhat for males and females, with the dormitory contextual effect larger for females. Formal involvement in college activities and psychological stress have no independent effect on drinking. The results are discussed in relation to previous work on alcohol use.

Language: en