Exploring the factorial structure for behavioral consequences of college student drinking.(Report)

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, April, 2008 by Derby, Dustin C.

Student drinking has become a hot-button issue for many within higher education. Researchers have sought to understand not only the academic ramifications of alcohol use but also the secondhand sociological effects of alcohol misuse, as well as factors that affect student binge drinking. Despite the breadth of such studies, they are not without limitations. For example, the majority of current student drinking research concerns students within 4-year universities (Davis & Hunnicutt, 1991; Ryan, 1998) as compared with a relatively sparse amount of research involving community college students. Additionally, a substantial portion of research on student drinking focuses on the behavioral consequences of that behavior. Moreover, data analytic approaches to understanding...

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