Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2010 Sep;39(9):999-1011. doi: 10.1007/s10964-009-9473-1. Epub 2009 Nov 11.
Prepartying and drinking game playing are associated with excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related negative consequences in college populations; however, research exploring the prevalence of these high risk drinking contexts among high school students, and how such engagement may impact both high school and subsequent college drinking risk, is lacking. The current study, which is the first study to assess prepartying during high school, examined how engaging in either prepartying or drinking game playing during high school was associated with risky high school drinking as well as alcohol use and consequences during the transitional first month of college. The study involved 477 first-year college students, the majority of whom were 18 years old (94%), female (66%), and Caucasian (59%). Prepartying was found to be highly prevalent in high school (45%). Further, students who prepartied or played drinking games during high school drank significantly more in high school than students who did not engage in these high risk activities. Finally, prepartying and game playing during high school were associated with greater collegiate alcohol consumption (controlling for high school drinking) and consequences (controlling for both high school and college drinking). This study establishes prepartying and drinking games as common high risk activities among both high school and incoming first-year college students, and addresses implications for prevention and targeted interventions.
在大学生群体中，prepartying（即赴课前饮酒）和玩饮酒游戏与过量饮酒和酒精相关的负面后果有关；然而，目前缺乏针对高中生中这些高风险饮酒环境的流行程度，以及这种参与如何影响高中和随后的大学饮酒风险的研究。本研究首次评估了高中生的 prepartying 行为，考察了高中生时期参与 prepartying 或玩饮酒游戏与高中时期的高风险饮酒行为以及大学第一学期的酒精使用和后果之间的关系。该研究涉及 477 名一年级大学生，其中大多数为 18 岁（94%）、女性（66%）和白种人（59%）。研究发现，高中时期的 prepartying 行为非常普遍（45%）。此外，与没有参与这些高风险活动的学生相比，在高中时期参与 prepartying 或玩饮酒游戏的学生在高中时期饮酒量明显更多。最后，高中时期的 prepartying 和游戏参与与更大的大学生酒精消费（控制高中饮酒）和后果（控制高中和大学饮酒）有关。这项研究确立了 prepartying 和饮酒游戏是高中生和即将进入一年级大学生中常见的高风险活动，并探讨了预防和针对性干预的意义。
