Current Situation Analysis of Alcohol Use Disorder within College students

Abstract

Because the ratio of college patients with alcohol use disorders increased in recent years and college students alcohol abuse becomes a serious problem affecting their daily life, the essay tries to explore the causes and consequences of college students heavy drinking. Based on a bunch of previous research and experiments, the paper focuses on the current situation of alcohol abuse among college students and tries to analyze potential environmental and personal factors that lead to college students' alcohol use disorder. The transition period to college, peer influence and selection, perceived norms, and parental influence can influence college students attitudes toward alcohol use differently. Students internal drinking motives and previous alcohol use also affect their drinking behaviors after college. After analyzing external and internal inducing factors related to heavy drinking among college students, the paper summarizes some general and specific short-term and long-term effects associated with college students binge drinking and provides some effective treatments for alcohol use disorder.