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- Title
Knowing Where They're Going: Destination-Specific Pregaming Behaviors in a Multiethnic Sample of College Students.
- Authors
Zamboanga, Byron L.; Casner, Hilary G.; Olthuis, Janine V.; Borsari, Brian; Ham, Lindsay S.; Schwartz, Seth J.; Bersamin, Melina; Van Tyne, Kathryne; Pedersen, Eric R.
- Abstract
Objectives: To examine how legal age status, gender, and self-reported reasons for pregaming are linked to pregaming for two common drinking contexts: a bar and a Greek party. Method: Participants who reported pregaming at least once a month (n = 2888 students aged 18-25 years) were recruited from 30 colleges/universities across the United States. Results: Many students pregame for social reasons regardless of pregaming destination. Multivariate analyses indicated that legal age students were more likely than underage students to pregame before going to a bar, whereas the opposite was true with respect to pregaming for a Greek party. Women were more likely than men to pregame before going to a bar or a Greek party, whereas men reported higher levels of consumption while pregaming for these destinations compared with women. Conclusions: The present findings suggest areas for targeted intervention efforts and promising avenues for research on context-specific pregaming behaviors among college students.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ALCOHOL drinking in college; ALCOHOL drinking; BARS (Drinking establishments); GREEK letter societies; ALCOHOL drinking &; society; CONTEXT effects (Psychology); CROSS-cultural studies
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2013, Vol 69, Issue 4, p383
- ISSN
0021-9762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jclp.21928