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The Influence Of Peer And Parental Norms On First-Generation College Students’ Binge Drinking Trajectories, Graham T. Diguiseppi, Jordan P. Davis, Matthew K. Meisel, Melissa A. Clark, Mya L. Roberson, Miles Q. Ott, Nancy P. Barnett

Statistical and Data Sciences: Faculty Publications

Introduction: First-generation college students are those whose parents have not completed a four-year college degree. The current study addressed the lack of research on first-generation college students’ alcohol use by comparing the binge drinking trajectories of first-generation and continuing-generation students over their first three semesters. The dynamic influence of peer and parental social norms on students’ binge drinking frequencies were also examined. Methods: 1342 college students (n = 225 first-generation) at one private University completed online surveys. Group differences were examined at Time 1, and latent growth-curve models tested the association between first-generation status and social norms (peer descriptive, peer …