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June 1, 2016South African Journal of Higher EducationOpen Access

Why students drink: A study of South African University students' drinking behaviour

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RPRonel Du PreezCPChris PentzBLBenjamin Lategan

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Cross-sectional survey reveals social motives mediate the link between outcome expectancies and drinking in university students, suggesting tailored targets for prevention campaigns.

Key Points

  • Investigate the drinking motives, alcohol outcome expectancies, and drinking behaviours among university students to guide the development of targeted prevention and education programs.
  • Surveyed n=474 university students from a single campus in South Africa.
  • Administered the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT), the Drinking Expectancy Questionnaire Revised (DEQ-R), and the Drinking Motives Questionnaire Revised (DMQ-R).
  • Analyzed data using independent sample t-tests, ANOVA, and partial least squares modeling.
  • Students report expecting tension reduction and increased sexual interest when consuming alcohol, drinking predominantly for social and enhancement motives.
  • Partial least squares modeling demonstrated that social and enhancement motives mediate the relationship between positive alcohol outcome expectancies and drinking behaviour.

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Preez et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a701ae035aa2c282ce16672https://doi.org/10.20853/30-2-582
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