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1、Alcohol1AlcoholConsumptionandKeanUniversityStudents:Self-IdentifiedHeavyandModerateDrinkersJosephA.Luzzi,Ph.D.-Fall2004Aquestionnairewascreatedtoassesscollegestudents’patternsofalcoholconsumption.Six-hundredandfifteenquestionnairesweredistributedtoKeanUniversity,DepartmentofGener
2、alEducationstudentsattendingclassesinasophomorelevel,research-writingcourse.Theseanonymousandconfidentialquestionnaireswerecollectedduringspring,summer,andfallsemestersfromFebruary,1997throughOctober,2004.Theauthorgaveuniforminstructionstoallstudentsinthecontextofalectureondesign
3、ingquantitativeresearch.Thefrequencydistributionforthelastitemonthequestionnaire,“Iconsidermyselftobea________________drinker”,was:155(25%)non-drinker,265(43%)light-drinker,171(29%)moderate-drinker,17(3%)heavy-drinker,and7(1%)didnotrespondtothisitem.Guidelinesforabehavioraldefini
4、tionofheavydrinkerwereextractedfromtheresponsesoftheself-identifiedheavydrinkers(n=17).Ninestudentsreportedhavinganalcoholicdrink“severaltimesaweek”,4“nearlyeveryweekend”,and4"nearlyeveryday”.Theaveragenumberofalcoholicdrinks“persitting”was8.5(range=2-18)andtheaveragenumber“perho
5、ur”was3.4(range=2-5).Howmanystudentswhoconsiderthemselvestobemoderatedrinkersareactuallyheavydrinkers?Twenty-three(13%)ofthe171self-identifiedmoderatedrinkersmettheextracted,behavioraldefinitionofaheavydrinker.Thissub-samplecanbeaddedtothe17self-identifiedheavydrinkers.Hence,atot
6、alof40(6.5%)ofthe615studentsamplemaybeclassifiedasheavydrinkers.Alcohol2BehaviorallyIdentifiedHeavyDrinkers(n=40)Twenty-two(55%)malesand18(45%)femaleswerebehaviorallyidentifiedasheavydrinkers.Theirmedianagewas20(range=18-35).Thirty-two(80%)studentswereCaucasian,7(18%)wereHispanic
7、and1(2%)wasanAfrican-American.Fifteen(37%)studentslivedoncampus(11belongedtoafraternityorsorority)and25(63%)livedoffcampus.Theaveragenumberofcollegecreditsearnedbytheheavydrinkerswas47(range=10-128)andtheirGradePointAveragewas2.8(range=2.1-3.9).Heavydrinkersstarteddrinkingalcohol
8、atanaverageageof14.3years(range=7-18).Ni