Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China.
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Addict Behav. 2018 Dec;87:144-150. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.07.009. Epub 2018 Jul 18.
Currently, there has been little research on peer drinking norms with non-English speaking college populations. Using a Chinese college student sample, the present study investigated perceived peer norms and their associations with individual alcohol-related behaviors.
Past six-month drinkers (n = 436, 50% men, mean age = 20.49) recruited from one college in China took an anonymous paper-and-pencil survey. To examine the differences in alcohol-related behaviors among groups, one-way repeated measures analysis of variance and chi-square tests were conducted. To investigate the associations between perceived peer norms and individual alcohol-related behaviors, sequential linear and logistic regression analyses were conducted.
There were overall mean differences in alcohol use among participants, perceived best friends, and perceived average student for both men (F (1.98, 421.06) = 13.12, p < .001) and women (F (1.89, 399.70) = 5.79, p < .01). The proportion of best friends perceived as having had heavy episodic drinking was higher than that of participants who had had heavy episodic drinking (χ (1, N = 415) = 61.85, p < .001). So was the proportion of the average student perceived as having had heavy episodic drinking (χ (1, N = 414) = 68.17, p < .001). After controlling for demographic variables, perceived peer alcohol use explained 17% of the variance in individual alcohol use; perceived peer heavy episodic drinking contributed to 2.6 to 3.6 times higher odds of participants' reporting heavy episodic drinking.
Replication research is needed to inform social norms interventions for Chinese college students.
目前，针对非英语为母语的大学生群体的同伴饮酒规范的研究较少。本研究使用中国大学生样本，调查了感知到的同伴规范及其与个体饮酒行为的关系。
从中国的一所大学招募了 436 名过去六个月有饮酒行为的参与者（50%为男性，平均年龄为 20.49 岁），他们完成了一份匿名的纸笔调查问卷。为了检验不同组间在饮酒相关行为上的差异，我们进行了单因素重复测量方差分析和卡方检验。为了探讨感知到的同伴规范与个体饮酒行为之间的关系，我们进行了顺序线性和逻辑回归分析。
男性（F（1.98，421.06）= 13.12，p <.001）和女性（F（1.89，399.70）= 5.79，p <.01）参与者、感知到的最好朋友和感知到的普通学生的饮酒行为存在总体均值差异。被感知为有重度间断性饮酒行为的最好朋友的比例高于有重度间断性饮酒行为的参与者（χ（1，N=415）= 61.85，p <.001）。被感知为有重度间断性饮酒行为的普通学生的比例也是如此（χ（1，N=414）= 68.17，p <.001）。在控制了人口统计学变量后，感知到的同伴饮酒行为解释了个体饮酒行为变异的 17%；感知到的同伴重度间断性饮酒行为导致参与者报告重度间断性饮酒行为的可能性增加了 2.6 到 3.6 倍。
需要进行复制研究，以为中国大学生的社交规范干预提供信息。
