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Alcohol use among Norwegian students: Demographics, personality and psychological health correlates of drinking patterns

AIMS: This study investigates demographic, personality, and psychological health correlates of different drinking patterns. DESIGN: Students at the four largest institutions of higher education in Bergen municipality were invited via email to complete an internet-based questionnaire. The final sampl...

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Autores principales: Erevik, Eilin K., Pallesen, Ståle, Vedaa, Øystein, Andreassen, Cecilie S., Torsheim, Torbjørn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7450855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32934502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1455072517709918
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author Erevik, Eilin K.
Pallesen, Ståle
Vedaa, Øystein
Andreassen, Cecilie S.
Torsheim, Torbjørn
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Pallesen, Ståle
Vedaa, Øystein
Andreassen, Cecilie S.
Torsheim, Torbjørn
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description AIMS: This study investigates demographic, personality, and psychological health correlates of different drinking patterns. DESIGN: Students at the four largest institutions of higher education in Bergen municipality were invited via email to complete an internet-based questionnaire. The final sample size was 11,236 (39.4%), mean age 24.9 years (SD = 6.5), and 63.3% were women. The survey included the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) and questions about demographics, personality traits, and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Binary logistic regressions were used to identify correlates of different drinking patterns. RESULTS: A total of 53.0% of the students had an AUDIT score of or above 8 (i.e., hazardous drinking). Being native Norwegian, male, single, without children, non-religious, extroverted, unconscientious, and less open to experience were associated with higher AUDIT scores, drinking frequently, and binge drinking. Having parents with high alcohol or drug use increased the odds of engaging in binge drinking, but this factor was not associated with frequent drinking. Students scoring higher on neuroticism and openness were less likely to report problematic alcohol usage. CONCLUSIONS: A majority of the students reported alcohol habits that are associated with harm if they persist. This emphasises the need to examine the long-term consequences of students’ alcohol use.
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spelling pubmed-74508552020-09-14 Alcohol use among Norwegian students: Demographics, personality and psychological health correlates of drinking patterns Erevik, Eilin K. Pallesen, Ståle Vedaa, Øystein Andreassen, Cecilie S. Torsheim, Torbjørn Nordisk Alkohol Nark Research Reports AIMS: This study investigates demographic, personality, and psychological health correlates of different drinking patterns. DESIGN: Students at the four largest institutions of higher education in Bergen municipality were invited via email to complete an internet-based questionnaire. The final sample size was 11,236 (39.4%), mean age 24.9 years (SD = 6.5), and 63.3% were women. The survey included the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) and questions about demographics, personality traits, and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Binary logistic regressions were used to identify correlates of different drinking patterns. RESULTS: A total of 53.0% of the students had an AUDIT score of or above 8 (i.e., hazardous drinking). Being native Norwegian, male, single, without children, non-religious, extroverted, unconscientious, and less open to experience were associated with higher AUDIT scores, drinking frequently, and binge drinking. Having parents with high alcohol or drug use increased the odds of engaging in binge drinking, but this factor was not associated with frequent drinking. Students scoring higher on neuroticism and openness were less likely to report problematic alcohol usage. CONCLUSIONS: A majority of the students reported alcohol habits that are associated with harm if they persist. This emphasises the need to examine the long-term consequences of students’ alcohol use. SAGE Publications 2017-06-26 2017-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7450855/ /pubmed/32934502 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1455072517709918 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Alcohol use among Norwegian students: Demographics, personality and psychological health correlates of drinking patterns
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title_fullStr Alcohol use among Norwegian students: Demographics, personality and psychological health correlates of drinking patterns
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title_short Alcohol use among Norwegian students: Demographics, personality and psychological health correlates of drinking patterns
title_sort alcohol use among norwegian students: demographics, personality and psychological health correlates of drinking patterns
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7450855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32934502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1455072517709918
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