Binge-Drinking Attitudes and Behaviors Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic College Students

Suggestions for Tailoring Health Campaign Messages

Bibliographic Data

ID6064558
AuthorsJulie Delaney Shields (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA), Ashley M Archiopoli (University of Houston-Downtown, TX, USA), Ashley Archiopoli (University of Houston - Downtown), Joshua M Bentley (0000-0002-8391-6609, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, USA), David Wei (0000-0001-5274-3998), David Weiss (0000-0002-7255-7428, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, corresponding author), Jeffrey Hoffmann (0000-0001-5764-6281, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA), Jeffrey Alan Hoffmann (University of New Mexico), Judith Mcintosh White (0000-0002-8291-6682, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA), Mercedes Kelsey Sharp (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA), Zhibin Hong (0000-0002-0289-7750, New Mexico Asian Family Center, Albuquerque, USA), Miwa Kimura (independent scholar)
Year2016
Volume38
Issue2
Pages243-263
Publication date2016-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0739986316633436
OpenAlexW2277868729
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

This study explores binge-drinking behaviors and attitudes among Hispanic and non-Hispanic college students. The authors surveyed students at the same large Hispanic-serving university used in a 1999 study by Bennett et al., partially replicating that earlier research. While the percentage of students who reported binge drinking in the present study did not differ significantly by ethnicity, Hispanic students showed the most dramatic decrease in binge-drinking behavior since the 1990s study. Perhaps not coincidentally, during the years between studies, the university’s substance-abuse prevention office increased its outreach and awareness programs; university policies concerning alcohol use became more stringent and more publicly promoted; and Hispanics became the largest segment of the school’s undergraduate population. At the same time, despite these contextual changes, Hispanic students in the present study were less likely than other groups to disagree with the statement “binge drinking is part of my race/culture,” while non-Hispanic White students were less likely to disagree with the statement “no one ever died as a result of binge drinking.” Recommendations for binge-drinking education and prevention campaigns explicitly targeting Hispanic students and other risk groups (students living on campus; students from rural areas) are discussed

Alcohol abuse · Binge drinking · College health · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Family medicine · Outreach · Poison control · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Substance abuse prevention · Substance use · Suicide prevention · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Gerontology

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