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. 2011 Mar;36(3):197-202.
doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.10.005. Epub 2010 Nov 4.

Ups and downs of alcohol use among first-year college students: Number of drinks, heavy drinking, and stumble and pass out drinking days

Jennifer L Maggs  1 , Lela Rankin Williams, Christine M Lee
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Ups and downs of alcohol use among first-year college students: Number of drinks, heavy drinking, and stumble and pass out drinking days

Jennifer L Maggs et al. Addict Behav. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

Given the dynamic fluctuating nature of alcohol use among emerging adults (Del Boca, Darkes, Greenbaum, & Goldman, 2004), patterns of alcohol use were modeled across 70 days in an intensive repeated-measures diary design. Two hundred first-year college students provided 10 weekly reports of their daily alcohol consumption via computer-assisted telephone interviews. Multi-level models demonstrated large within-person variability across days in drinks consumed, binge drinking, and days exceeding self-reported limits for stumbling around and passing out; these outcome variables were predicted by weekdays vs. weekend days (within-person) and gender, age of drinking initiation, fraternity/sorority membership, and alcohol motivations (between-persons). Repeated measurement of alternate indicators of alcohol use permits the examination of novel and important questions about alcohol use and abuse particularly in young adult and other erratically drinking populations.

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Mean Drinks of Alcohol Consumed by Day of Week
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Percent of Days Reaching Heavy Drinking Thresholds by Day of Weeks
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