DiGuiseppi Graham T, Davis Jordan P, Meisel Matthew K, Clark Melissa A, Roberson Mya L, Ott Miles Q, Barnett Nancy P
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, 669 W. 34th St., Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States.
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, 669 W. 34th St., Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States.
Addict Behav. 2020 Apr;103:106227. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106227. Epub 2019 Dec 3.
First-generation college students are those whose parents have not completed a four-year college degree. The current study addressed the lack of research on first-generation college students' alcohol use by comparing the binge drinking trajectories of first-generation and continuing-generation students over their first three semesters. The dynamic influence of peer and parental social norms on students' binge drinking frequencies were also examined.
1342 college students (n = 225 first-generation) at one private University completed online surveys. Group differences were examined at Time 1, and latent growth-curve models tested the association between first-generation status and social norms (peer descriptive, peer injunctive, parental injunctive) on binge drinking trajectories.
Overall, binge drinking frequency tended to decline over the first three semesters of college. After controlling for demographics, substance-free dormitory residence, parental alcohol problems and norms, first-generation status was associated with steeper declines in binge drinking frequency. During the first semester, the association between parental injunctive norms and binge drinking frequency was stronger for first-generation students than for continuing-generation students; this influence declined over time for first-generation students. The influence of peer descriptive norms on binge drinking increased for continuing-generation students; while this influence remained stable over time for first-generation students.
First-generation student status appears to be protective against binge drinking. Substance-free dormitory residence, and perceived parental and peer norms likely play a role in first-generation students' tendency to engage in binge drinking less often over the first year of college.
第一代大学生是指其父母未完成四年制大学学位的学生。本研究通过比较第一代和非第一代学生在大学前三个学期的暴饮轨迹，解决了对第一代大学生饮酒行为研究的不足。同时还考察了同伴和父母社会规范对学生暴饮频率的动态影响。
一所私立大学的1342名大学生（n = 225名第一代学生）完成了在线调查。在时间1时检查组间差异，潜在增长曲线模型测试第一代身份与暴饮轨迹上的社会规范（同伴描述性、同伴指令性、父母指令性）之间的关联。
总体而言，暴饮频率在大学的前三个学期呈下降趋势。在控制了人口统计学、无毒品宿舍居住情况、父母饮酒问题和规范后，第一代身份与暴饮频率的更显著下降相关。在第一学期，父母指令性规范与暴饮频率之间的关联在第一代学生中比在非第一代学生中更强；随着时间的推移，这种影响在第一代学生中逐渐减弱。同伴描述性规范对非第一代学生暴饮行为的影响增加；而这种影响在第一代学生中随时间保持稳定。
第一代学生身份似乎对暴饮有保护作用。无毒品宿舍居住情况以及感知到的父母和同伴规范可能在第一代学生在大学第一年较少暴饮的倾向中起作用。
