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- Title
Conformity Behaviors: a Qualitative Phenomenological Exploration of Binge Drinking Among Female College Students.
- Authors
Bainter, Tiffany Erin Gorsuch; Ackerman, Michelle L.
- Abstract
The present study explored binge drinking as a conformity behavior as it related to self-esteem and social acceptance in young adults. The researcher gathered information regarding the lived experience of young adults' engagement in binge drinking to increase self-esteem and social acceptance using a qualitative interpretative phenomenological approach (IPA). A purposive sample of five female college students aged 22–24 meeting the inclusion criteria via researcher-developed screening was recruited. Data was collected via face-to-face, semi-structured interviews that were then transcribed, member-checked, and analyzed according to the IPA methodology. Themes included the following: low self-esteem was associated with behavior, low self-esteem was associated with binge drinking, and low relational value was associated with binge drinking. These findings have expanded upon the existing research regarding the role of binge drinking as a conformity behavior as it impacted self-esteem and social acceptance in attempts to increase relational value in young adults.
- Subjects
BINGE drinking; DRINKING behavior; SOCIAL acceptance; COLLEGE students; YOUNG adults; CONFORMITY
- Publication
International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, 2022, Vol 20, Issue 4, p2103
- ISSN
1557-1874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11469-021-00501-6