Majority of the college students, think that now that they have more freedom, they are able to do whatever they feel like including binge drinking to feel like a true adult. “Researcher Henry Wechsler says that the study, which appeared in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), found that 50 percent of male students and 39 percent of female students are binge drinkers” (College Students as Binge Drinkers, 1995). When college students attend parties, they end up drinking excessively, but most of the time there are no reasons behind this social endeavor. There may be some college students that think they have had enough to drink, but when they see their other friends pick up another cup, they automatically have the instinct themselves to grab something else to drink. Peer Pressure is the number one factor for college students to binge drink.
Alcohol and Substance Abuse in College It comes as no surprise that binge drinking and substance abuse are easily connected to college students in the United States. According to the National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism, “almost half of college student drinkers partake in heavy episodic consumption” which is defined as consuming five or more drinks in a row for men, and four or more drinks for women in a single outing. Are colleges really doing enough to discourage the problem of heavy drinking in the student body? A study published online in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research says that colleges can do more to fight the alcohol-loving culture in students. The study points out failures in the colleges' attempts to drive
These relationships encompass family, friends and peers. Peer interactions are crucial for college students in a way that peers become a source of guidance and support during the transition from high school to college life. Peers act as significant models by introducing, providing, or pressuring underage alcohol use and abuse. Direct or indirect encouragement from one’s own age group to engage in activities that they may or may not want to engage in is very important in the adoption of alcohol use (Palmeri, 2011). Direct peer pressure examples include eminently encouraging a peer to drink by offering him/her alcohol, or having one’s drink refilled without permission.
As stated in the textbook, Sociology Now, “Around thirty-one percent of college students qualify for a diagnosis of alcohol abuse and over six percent of students for a diagnosis of alcohol dependency”. Many of the problems with alcohol abuse on college campuses in America is due to the institution of binge drinking at parties as well as “kick-backs”. Kick-backs are a smaller and more toned down party, that usuallyjust consists of close friends. Binge drinking is the consumption of large amounts of alcohol in a short amount of time; it is defined as consuming five or more drinks in a row for males and four or more drinks for females (Kimmel). Due to this widespread phenomenon of binge drinking, American college students spend an average of over 5.5 billion dollars a year on alcohol.
Today’s report, the centers second on the subject, involved a survey of 2,000 students and 400 administrators as well as 6 national studies. The center found that “the situation on America’s campuses has deteriorated” since 1993 when it underwent its first study. In the year 2002, approximately sixty-nine percent of college students drank alcohol in the past month compared to sixty percent of their non-enrolled college peers. Five percent of college students drank alcohol daily compared to four percent of their non-enrolled peers. College students are much more likely to engage in binge drinking than non-college students.
Binge Drinking: A Health Psychology Review The world today is focused on getting the ultimate experience. This phenomenon is seen across many age groups and teenagers are not immune. Whether it is their first date or first day in high school, teens are always eager to try something different or new. Alcohol is no exception. Unfortunately, many of these underage drinkers often abuse alcohol (Chikritzhs, Jonas, Stockwell, Heale, & Dietze, 2001).
College-age drinkers who drink alcoholic energy-drinks are three times more likely than alcohol-only drinkers to leave a bar drunk. What’s more, those drinking alcohol and energy drinks are four times more likely to attempt drunken driving. Combining energy drinks and alcohol can trick the brain, making people think they're sober -- or sober enough -- when they're not. As many as 28% of college drinkers drink alcohol mixed with energy drinks in a typical month. University of Florida researchers Dennis Thombs, PhD and his team interviewed 800 patrons leaving bars in a college partying area.
Chukwunonso Enekebe Prof Eric Benjamin Psychology 102 03/05/2013 Article Analysis Paper College Students and Alcohol consumption in Colleges in America Alcohol consumption by college students today is extremely high compared to in the late 1900s (Wechsler et al., 2002). Furthermore, alcohol consumption or misuse is a major issue on college campuses in the United States. Every year, at least 40%-45% of college students engage in heavy drinking (Wechsler et al., 2002). And 12% to 31% of colleges students qualify for a clinical diagnosis of alcohol abuse, and of that, 6% qualify for a diagnosis of alcohol dependence (Knight et al., 2002;) .The literature on alcohol suggest a correlation between problematic
Statistics have shown each approximately 5,500 young people at the age of twenty-one died of the result of underage drinking; this includes about 2,000 deaths in automobile crashes, 3,000 as a result of homicides and 500 from suicides. Although, many adolescents drink responsibly or is abstain all together, binge drinking is an enormous problem. It is very important as a parent or guardian to talk to adolescents about the risk and consequences of binge drinking can have on
A Sociological analysis on underage drinking. Underage drinking is very important to our society and to our generation today. Underage drinking can cause many things to the society. The society of young adults is at greater risk of getting drunk or getting addicted to alcohol. Drinking and driving especially underage is a crime.