Abstract
Although it is known that college students have a high alcohol consumption, less is known about the long-term drinking trajectories amongst college students and, in particular, students living in residence halls, known to be high-risk drinkers. Over four consecutive years, the drinking habits of 556 Swedish residence hall students were analyzed. The main instruments for measuring outcome were AUDIT (Alcohol Use Identification Disorders Test), SIP (Short Index of Problems) and eBAC (estimated Blood Alcohol Concentration). The drinking trajectories among Swedish residence hall students showed stable and decreasing drinking patterns, with age and gender being predictors of group membership.
Highlights
Studies have shown that alcohol use varies according to accommodation arrangements, with high alcohol consumption reported in American fraternities and sororities [3,4,5], as well as in residence halls in Sweden [6] and New Zealand [7]
This is true for gender and trajectory group membership when it comes to eBAC
Perhaps the highest eBAC trajectory groups include persons with low levels of response, having found they have to drink larger amounts of alcohol in order to have the same effects as other persons
Summary
College students have high mean alcohol consumption and risky alcohol habits. American data show that approximately 42% of college students have one or more sessions of heavy episodic drinking in the past month [1]. The corresponding figure in Swedish college students is 55% [2]. Studies have shown that alcohol use varies according to accommodation arrangements, with high alcohol consumption reported in American fraternities and sororities [3,4,5], as well as in residence halls in Sweden [6] and New Zealand [7]
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