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dc.contributor.authorBurns, Sharyn
dc.contributor.authorCrawford, Gemma
dc.contributor.authorHallett, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorJancey, Jonine
dc.contributor.authorPortsmouth, Linda
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Kristen
dc.contributor.authorLongo, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:29:43Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:29:43Z
dc.date.created2015-07-30T20:01:31Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationBurns, S. and Crawford, G. and Hallett, J. and Jancey, J. and Portsmouth, L. and Hunt, K. and Longo, J. et al. 2015. Consequences of Low Risk and Hazardous Alcohol Consumption among University Students in Australia and Implications for Health Promotion Interventions. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine. 5 (1): pp. 1-13.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22163
dc.identifier.doi10.4236/ojpm.2015.51001
dc.description.abstract

Background: Hazardous alcohol consumption and associated harms are high among young university students. The university environment is conducive to excessive alcohol consumption with studies finding young university students to drink alcohol at higher levels than their non-university peers. Methods: A random sample of 18 - 24-year-old undergraduate, internal university students completed a survey (n = 2465) to investigate differences in self-reported personal, secondhand and witnessed alcohol-related harms, alcohol expectancies, pre-loading, and friends’ alcohol consumption between low risk and hazardous drinkers. Univariate and multivariate analyses are reported. Results: Almost 40% of students who had consumed alcohol in the past year reported drinking at hazardous levels. Univariate analyses found students who reported hazardous drinking reported significantly higher scores relating to experienced, second-hand, witnessed and academic problems compared to low risk drinkers. Hazardous drinkers were also more likely to pre-load, to drink at higher levels when pre-loading, have more friends who drank alcohol, have more friends who drank at hazardous levels and to score higher on alcohol expectancies. However both low risk and hazardous drinkers experienced a range of harms due to their own drinking including hangover (71.2%), unprotected sex (19.3%), regretted sex (16.8%) and drink-driving (17%).Looking after an intoxicated student (34.3%) and witnessing someone pass out (37.5%) were issues for all drinkers. Experienced alcohol related harms, academic problems, alcohol expectancies, close friends’ level of alcohol consumption, pre-loading in the last four weeks and level of consumption when pre-loading were predictors of hazardous drinking (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Young undergraduate university students are at risk of a range of academic, social, emotional and physical harms associated with their own and other students’ alcohol consumption. There is a need for integrated programs to address university drinking culture and effect positive changes.

dc.publisherScientific Research Publishing
dc.subjectHazardous Consumption
dc.subjectAlcohol
dc.subjectUniversity Student
dc.subjectExpectancies
dc.subjectHarms
dc.titleConsequences of Low Risk and Hazardous Alcohol Consumption among University Students in Australia and Implications for Health Promotion Interventions
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume5
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage13
dcterms.source.issn2162-2477
dcterms.source.titleOpen Journal of Preventive Medicine
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This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

curtin.departmentSchool of Public Health
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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