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Alcohol Abuse As A Rite Of Passage: The Effect Of Beliefs About Alcohol And The College Experience On Undergraduates’ Drinking Behaviors, Lizabeth Crawford, Katherine Novak
Alcohol Abuse As A Rite Of Passage: The Effect Of Beliefs About Alcohol And The College Experience On Undergraduates’ Drinking Behaviors, Lizabeth Crawford, Katherine Novak
Katherine B. Novak
Qualitative studies of alcohol’s ritual influences indicate that college undergraduates who drink heavily tend to view alcohol use as integral to the student role and feel entitled to drink irresponsibly. Our analyses, based on a standardized measure of these beliefs administered to approximately 300 students, confirmed these findings. Among our sample, beliefs about alcohol and the college experience had an effect on levels of alcohol consumption similar in magnitude to that of other variables commonly associated with a risk for heavy drinking. Moreover, the alcohol beliefs index moderated the effects of three risk factors—gender, high school drinking, and friends’ use …
Beliefs About Alcohol And The College Experience, Locus Of Self, And College Undergraduates’ Drinking Patterns, Lizabeth A. Crawford, Katherine B. Novak
Beliefs About Alcohol And The College Experience, Locus Of Self, And College Undergraduates’ Drinking Patterns, Lizabeth A. Crawford, Katherine B. Novak
Katherine B. Novak
The purpose of this study is to assess the extent to which locus of self (institutional versus impulse), measured using the Twenty Statements Test (TST), moderates the relationship between beliefs about alcohol and the college experience (BACE) and alcohol use among college undergraduates. Although the majority of our respondents listed more idiosyncratic personal characteristics and preferences than consensual social roles in response to the TST, the number of students classified as institutionals was notably higher than what has been reported within the literature. In opposition to our hypothesis that BACE would affect levels of alcohol consumption primarily among these individuals, …
The Impact Of Public Self-Consciousness, Embarrassability, And Peer Drinking On Alcohol Use Among College Students: Tension Reduction Or Protective Self-Presentation?, Katherine Novak
Katherine B. Novak
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, August 16-19, 2003.
Ritual Influences And Perceptions Of Risk As Predictors Of Alcohol Use Among College Undergraduates, Katherine Novak
Ritual Influences And Perceptions Of Risk As Predictors Of Alcohol Use Among College Undergraduates, Katherine Novak
Katherine B. Novak
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April 2003.
Reconceptualizing Involvement As Patterns Of Routine Activities: The Relative Impact Of Opportunity And Bonds To Society On Adolescent Drinking, Katherine Novak
Reconceptualizing Involvement As Patterns Of Routine Activities: The Relative Impact Of Opportunity And Bonds To Society On Adolescent Drinking, Katherine Novak
Katherine B. Novak
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August 16-19, 2002.
Perceived Drinking Norms, Attention To Social Comparison Information, And Alcohol Use Among College Students, Katherine Novak
Perceived Drinking Norms, Attention To Social Comparison Information, And Alcohol Use Among College Students, Katherine Novak
Katherine B. Novak
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Anaheim, CA, August 17-19, 2001.
Public Self-Consciousness And Embarrassability As Predictors Of Alcohol Use Among College Students, Katherine Novak
Public Self-Consciousness And Embarrassability As Predictors Of Alcohol Use Among College Students, Katherine Novak
Katherine B. Novak
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August 18-21, 2001