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The Factors Which Affect the Problem Drinking Behavior of College Students
Park Da Hye and Kim Hee Jeong

Abstract: This study is a descriptive study to determine the drinking behavior of college students. The data were collected by 308 college students located in C province who agreed to participate in this study. There were positive correlations between problem drinking and the following factors: drinking attitudes (r = 0.145, p<0.05), subjective norms (r = 0.125, p<0.05), drinking intention (r = 0.486, p<0.01), parent descriptive norms (r = 0.281, p<0.01), friend descriptive norms (r = 0.426, p<0.01), general college student descriptive norms (r = 0.319, p<0.01), paternal problem drinking (r = 0.150, p<0.01) and maternal problem drinking (r = 0.128, p<0.05). There was negative correlation between problem drinking and perceived behavioral control (r = -0.650, p<0.01). Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that the following factors exert a significant influence on college problem drinking: religion (B = 0.679, p<0.05), perceived behavioral control (B = -0.824, p<0.001), friend descriptive norms (B = 0.659, p<0.001) and maternal problem drinking (B = 0.451, p<0.05). The explanatory power on college problem drinking was 53.4%.

How to cite this article
Park Da Hye and Kim Hee Jeong, 2017. The Factors Which Affect the Problem Drinking Behavior of College Students. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 6167-6172.

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