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Article: "I'll never drink like that again": characteristics of alcohol-related incidents and predictors of motivation to change in college students *.
- Article from:
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
- Author:
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APPROXIMATELY 68% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS report drinking alcohol at least once in the past month, with 42% reporting heavy episodic drinking (five or more drinks in a row in the past 2 weeks; Johnston et al., 2005). Excessive alcohol use in college students is linked to physical illness (Engs and Aldo-Benson, 1995), unintentional injury (Presley et al., 1996), and a wide range of behavioral problems, including decrements in academic performance (Montgomery and Haemmerlie, 1993; Wood et al., 2000), fighting and physical aggression (Giancola, 2002; Marcus and Reio, 2002), and risky sexual behavior (Abbey et al., 1998; Wechsler et al., 2000). College drinkers also often consume ...