@article{ref1,
title="Is gender relevant only for problem alcohol behaviors? An examination of correlates of alcohol use among college students",
journal="Addictive behaviors",
year="2008",
author="Harrell, Zaje A. T. and Karim, Nidal M.",
volume="33",
number="2",
pages="359-365",
abstract="This study examined correlates of alcohol use: substance-use coping, drinking to &quot;feel high,&quot; and depressive symptoms as related to drinking behaviors in males and females. A sample of 266 female and 140 male college students from a private and public college were surveyed. Males reported more frequent alcohol use, alcohol-related problems, binge drinking, substance-use coping, and drinking to &quot;feel high.&quot; There were no gender differences in self-reported depressive symptoms. Alcohol-use frequency and binge drinking were both accounted for by substance-use coping and drinking to &quot;feel high&quot; among males and females. However, alcohol-related problems were accounted for by males' frequency of alcohol use and drinking to &quot;feel high,&quot; whereas females' problems were accounted for by frequency of alcohol use and depressive symptoms. Findings indicate that motivation for drinking is a more robust correlate of alcohol-related problems among males, while depressive symptomatology is a more relevant correlate of alcohol-related problems among females.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4603",
doi="10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.09.014",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.09.014"
}