TY - JOUR PY - 2010// TI - Women's Ways of Drinking: College Women, High-Risk Alcohol Use, and Negative Consequences JO - Journal of college student development A1 - Smith, Margaret A. A1 - Berger, Joseph B. SP - 35 EP - 49 VL - 51 IS - 1 N2 - The purpose of this study was to explore college women's high-risk alcohol use and related consequences. This study employed a qualitative approach to understand and provide visibility for a gender-related perspective on college women alcohol experiences and related outcomes, Data were collected from interviews with 10 undergraduate females at a large research university in the northeastern United States. The results of the data analysis generated four major themes, which include a conceptual model, the relational ritual reinforcement (R-3), for understanding the recurring high-risk alcohol use and related negative consequences among some university women.

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