'Health and Behavioral Consequences of Binge Drinking in College Essay\r'

' accusatory †To examine the extent of debauchery potable by college students and the ensuing health and behavioral chores that sate drinkers take a shit for themselves and others on their campus.\r\nDesign †Self-administered heap mailed to a national representative sample of US 4-year college students.\r\n prospect †One hundred forty US 4-year colleges in 1993.\r\nParticipants †A total of 17,592 college students.\r\nMain Outcome Measures †Self-reports of insobriety behaviour, alcohol-related health problems, and other problems.\r\nResults †Almost half (44%) of college students responding to the survey were binge drinkers, including almost one fifth (19%) of the studenst who were ghost binge drinkers. Frequent binge drinkers are much likely to experience seious health and other consequences of their drinking behaviour than other students. Almost half (47%) of the usual binge drinkers experienced five or more than different drinking related pr oblems, including injuries and engaging in unplanned sex, since the beginning of the school year.\r\nMost binge drinkers do non consider themselves to be problem drinkers and have not sought treatment for an alcohol problem. Binge drinkers create problems for classmates who are not binge drinkers. Students who are not binge drinkers at schools with high binge rates were more liekly than students at schools with lower berth binge rates to experience problems such as being pushed, hit, or assualted or experiencing an unwanted cozy advance.\r\nConclusions †Binge drinking is widespread on college campuses. Programs aimed at reducing this problem should focus on stalk binge drinkers, refer them to treatment or educational programs, and emphasize the harm they cause for students who are not binge drinkers\r\n'