Van Damme Joris, Hublet Anne, De Clercq Bart, McAlaney John, Van Hal Guido, Rosiers Johan, Maes Lea, Clays Els
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital Campus, De Pintelaan 185, 4K3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Department of Psychology, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Room P120, Poole House, BH12 5BB, United Kingdom.
Addict Behav. 2016 Aug;59:89-94. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.03.011. Epub 2016 Mar 26.
Binge drinking in higher education is an important problem. To target binge drinking in students it is necessary to study the social context of students. Faculties (i.e., colleges or schools in Northern American education) are social contexts in which students behave, but little is known about how the faculty structure relates to monthly binge drinking. This study investigates the relationship with student-perceived binge drinking norms at faculty-level in addition to known personal determinants.
Data were collected in 7181 students within 22 faculty-level units, using an anonymous online survey. Multilevel analyses were used to investigate the relationship of both individual-level determinants (e.g., perceived norms, social drinking motives) and student-perceived binge drinking norms at faculty-level on monthly binge drinking.
Two-third (62.2%) of the sample were female and the mean age was 21.06 (SD=2.85) years. In males, significant faculty-level variance in monthly binge drinking was found. At faculty-level, only same-sex student-perceived binge drinking norms showed a positive relationship (OR=2.581; 95%CI=[1.023,6.509]). At individual level, both opposite- and same-sex perceived binge drinking norms, and social drinking motives positively related to monthly binge drinking. In females, no significant faculty-level variance was found. Only individual-level determinants positively related to monthly binge drinking. No cross-level interactions were found.
Besides individual determinants, especially in men, faculties are relevant environmental structures and networks to take into account when targeting binge drinking in higher education.
高等教育中的狂饮是一个重要问题。要针对学生中的狂饮现象，有必要研究学生的社会环境。学院（即北美教育体系中的学院或学校）是学生行为所处的社会环境，但对于学院结构与每月狂饮之间的关系却知之甚少。本研究除了探讨已知的个人决定因素外，还调查了学院层面学生感知到的狂饮规范之间的关系。
通过匿名在线调查收集了22个学院层面单位内7181名学生的数据。采用多层次分析方法来研究个体层面的决定因素（如感知规范、社交饮酒动机）以及学院层面学生感知到的狂饮规范与每月狂饮之间的关系。
样本中三分之二（62.2%）为女性，平均年龄为21.06岁（标准差 = 2.85）。在男性中，发现每月狂饮在学院层面存在显著差异。在学院层面，只有同性学生感知到的狂饮规范呈现出正相关关系（比值比 = 2.581；95%置信区间 = [1.023, 6.509]）。在个体层面，同性和异性感知到的狂饮规范以及社交饮酒动机均与每月狂饮呈正相关。在女性中，未发现学院层面的显著差异。只有个体层面的决定因素与每月狂饮呈正相关。未发现跨层面的交互作用。
除了个体决定因素外，尤其是在男性中，在针对高等教育中的狂饮现象时，学院是需要考虑的相关环境结构和网络。
