Citation

Tucker M, Harris GE. J. Health Psychol. 2015; 21(9): 1918-1927.

Affiliation

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada gharris@mun.ca.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105314568577

PMID

25637069

Abstract

Harmful alcohol consumption among university students continues to be a significant issue. This study examined whether variables identified in the positive deviance literature would predict responsible alcohol consumption among university students. Surveyed students were categorized into three groups: abstainers, responsible drinkers and binge drinkers. Multinomial logistic regression modelling was significant (χ(2) = 274.49, degrees of freedom = 24, p < .001), with several variables predicting group membership. While the model classification accuracy rate (i.e. 71.2%) exceeded the proportional by chance accuracy rate (i.e. 38.4%), providing further support for the model, the model itself best predicted binge drinker membership over the other two groups.

Language: en