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Article: A dangerous transition: women's drinking and related victimization from high school to the first year at college *.(Report)
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- Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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INCREASES IN DRINKING and related problems have been reported for first-year college students across several studies (e.g., Hartzler and Fromme, 2003; Leeman and Wapner, 2001; Prendergast, 1994). Findings consistently indicate that the majority (80%-85%) of college women drink (Johnston et al., 2001; Prendergast, 1994; Zuckerman et al., 1993), and a substantial percentage (39%) engage in heavy episodic drinking (four or more drinks per occasion; Wechsler et al., 1994, 1995a; Wechsler and Kuo, 2000). Among college women who engage in heavy episodic drinking, rates of alcohol-related problems are similar to those experienced by heavy-drinking college men (Wechsler et al., 1995b, ...
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