- Title
- High prevalence, presistent hazardous drinking in New Zealand tertiary students
- Creator
- Kypri, Kypros; Langley, John D.; McGee, Rob; Saunders, John B.; Williams, Sheila
- Relation
- Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 37, Issue 5, p. 457-464
- Relation
- http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/37/5/457
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2002
- Description
- Aim: to determine the prevalence of hazardous drinking and alcohol related negative consequences in New Zealand tertiary students, and to identify predictors of hazardous drinking across a six month period. Method: 1,480 tertiary students living in halls of residence were surveyed at the start of the academic year, and a sub-sample of 967 students were followed up six months later. Questionnaire items included quantity and frequency of drinking, alcohol-related problems, use of other substances, and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Drinking at follow-up was modelled using demographic characteristics, mental well-being, other substance use, alcohol-related problems, and hall drinking norms, measured at baseline. Results: Among drinkers, mean weekly consumption was 243g (SD=241g) and 135g (SD=157g) of ethanol for males and females respectively. The majority of male (60.0%) and female (58.2%) drinkers typically consumed more than national safe drinking guidelines. Mean AUDIT scores were 10.9 (SD=7.6) for males and 7.6 (SD=5.9) for females. After controlling for AUDIT scores at baseline, increased AUDIT scores at follow-were higher with lower age, Maori ethnicity, smoking, cannabis use, high levels of alcohol related negative consequences, and higher levels of drinking in the student’s hall of residence. Conclusions: Hazardous drinking is widespread and persistent among students living in the halls of residence. There is a need for university alcohol policies and intervention approaches among New Zealand tertiary students.
- Subject
- college; tertiary; student; hazardous; drinking; AUDIT
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/31014
- Identifier
- uon:2738
- Identifier
- ISSN:0735-0414
- Rights
- This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Alcohol & Alcoholism following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version 41. 46. Kypri K, Langley JD, McGee R, Saunders JB, & Williams S (2002). High prevalence, persistent hazardous drinking in New Zealand tertiary students. Alcohol & Alcoholism 37(5) 457-64. is available online at: http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/37/5/457
- Language
- eng
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