Alcohol use patterns of first-year medical students: II. Psychosocial characteristics associated with drinking level. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1986;10(1):65-70
Date
01/01/1986Pubmed ID
3515995DOI
10.1111/j.1530-0277.1986.tb05617.xScopus ID
2-s2.0-0022575827 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 11 CitationsAbstract
Psychosocial characteristics that identified first-year medical students who drank more or less alcohol than their peers were examined. Subjects were 116 freshman medical students (96% of one class) who completed questionnaires about alcohol use, mood, personality, social relationships, and parental alcohol abuse on the first day of school, and 106 (88% of the class) who responded to the same questionnaires in April of the first year. Heavier drinking students (i.e., the upper 25% of the sample) were more likely to be male and single, to have drunk heavily prior to medical school, to come from larger social networks which include fewer relatives, and to demonstrate a lower interpersonal orientation. Mood, academic performance, and parental alcohol abuse were not associated with drinking level. The heaviest drinkers in this sample appear to be precisely those individuals who are most impervious to peer or other social influences.
Author List
Clark DC, Daugherty SR, Zeldow PB, Eckenfels EJ, Silverman CMAuthor
David C. Clark PhD Assistant Dean, Professor in the Research Office department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AchievementAdult
Affect
Alcohol Drinking
Alcoholism
Depressive Disorder
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Personality
Socioeconomic Factors
Students, Medical
Substance-Related Disorders
