Drinking Social Patterns

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Abstract This study will investigate the drinking social patterns among the enrolled undergraduate students at Texas A&M University (TAMU). This research will focus specifically on different drinking habits among the four classifications, i.e. freshman, sophomore, Junior, and Senior. I would like to know the different views TAMU undergraduate students have about the drinking habits of their peers and whether or not students believe that drinking habits have an effect on the student’s personal life.
Research Concern
This research concern is important to myself personally because my college peers are participating in alcohol consumption, underage and legal- aged. Overusing and abusing alcohol is leading to an up rise of college student …show more content…

Partisan Reliance of Alcohol as a Stress Reliever
Political Affiliation Strongly Disagree Disagree Undecided Agree Strongly Agree Total
Alternative Right 0 0 0 1 (4%) 3 (12%) 4 (16%)
Conservative/Republican 0 3 (12%) 2 (8%) 7 (28%) 4 (16%) 16 (64%)
Moderate (Republican or Democrat) 0 2 (8%) 0 0 1 (4%) 3 (12%)
Liberal/Democrat 0 1 (4%) 0 1 (4%) 0 2 (8%)
Total 0 6 (24%) 2 (8%) 9 (36%) 8 (32%) 25

Table 5 presents a breakdown of partisanship among students at A&M. The survey show party affiliated students agree or disagree on the matter of drinking alcohol as a stress reliever. Out of the 20 respondents who consider themselves to be on the right side, 75% believe that alcohol is used as a stress reliever. However, out of the five democratic students, 60% disagreed with the question. Lastly, two (8%) out of the 25 students polled are Conservative/Republican and are undecided on the issue.

Conclusion

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between negative health beliefs, social norms, and binge drinking behaviors among Texas A&M University undergraduate students. The analysis revealed significant differences among the following constructs: the consumption of alcohol at social functions to avoid abnormality and the social acceptability of …show more content…

The data failed to accept my null hypothesis regarding alcohol consumption during social functions and negative health effects. Referring to Table 3, only 4% of juniors believe binge drinking never occurs, while the bulk of my participants, 72%, are in agreeance that binge drinking often occurs. According to Table 4, 33.3% more females than males strongly disagree and disagree that students consume alcohol to avoid feeling abnormal. Males, 90.9%, and females, 71.4%, had a high percentage of agree and strongly agree pertaining to abnormality and alcohol consumption. This finding failed to accept my null hypothesis, although females are more likely to object to the idea of using alcohol to feel normal, my survey showed that all genders are guilty of using alcohol as a crutch during social situations in order to avoid abnormality. Table 5 focused on differing political affiliation’s use of alcohol as a stress reliever. This was my only chart that answers are completely scattered. Twenty four percent of all political stances disagreed, 8% are undecided on the issue, 36% agreed, and 32% strongly agree that alcohol is used as a stress reliever. According to my final table, college-aged political stances have no relevance when it comes to alcohol

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