Diana Carrington
Argosy University
Advanced General Psychology
PSY 492
Dr. Marie Dubé
August 03, 2011
Are There Drinking Motives for College Students?
Studies have shown that there are drinking motives for college students (Mohr, Armeli, Temple, Todd, Clark, & Carney, 2005). Other studies have also shown multiple drinking motives such as social (you can loosen up and feel more confident), enhancement (it gives you a false sense of security and makes you think you can do anything better than anybody), conformity (you want to be part of the crowd), and coping ( it’s easier to just drown your sorrows in beer and liquor) (Martens, Rocha, Martin, & Serrao, 2008). (Berkowitz & Perkins, 1986) gave the following drinking motivations: to enhance sociability or social interaction, to escape …show more content…
(2000). Monitoring the future: National survey results on drug use (Survey Results NIH Publication NO. 00-4803). Bethesda, MD: Department of Health and Human Services.
Kypri, K., Cronin, M., & Wright, C. S. (2005, May). Do university students drink more hazardously than their non-student peers? Addiction, 100, 713-714.
Martens, M. P., Rocha, T. L., Martin, J. L., & Serrao, H. F. (2008, April). Drinking motives and college students: Further examination of a four-factor model. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55, 289-295.
Mohr, C. D., Armeli, S., Tennen, H., Temple, M., Todd, M., Clark, J., & Carney, M. A. (2005, December). Moving beyond the keg party: A daily process study of college student drinking motivations. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors: journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 19, 392-403.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2000). Summary of findings from the 1999 national household survey on drug abuse (DHHS Publication No. (SMA) 00-3466). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing