Extreme Ritualistic Alcohol Consumption Among College Students on Game Day
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UNLABELLED: Alcohol use and the related consequences associated with college football games are a serious public health issue for university communities. OBJECTIVE: Examining "Extreme Ritualistic Alcohol Consumption" (ERAC), defined as consuming 10 or more drinks on game day for a male, and 8 or more drinks for a female, is the focus of this study. PARTICIPANTS: In the fall of 2006, college students ages 18 to 24 were randomly selected to complete the Game Day Survey. METHODS: Researchers utilized a cross sectional research design to collect data. RESULTS: Sixteen percent of the respondents engaged in ERAC on game day, whereas 36% drank 5 or more drinks (4 or more for females). Male, Caucasian, Greek (members of a social fraternity or sorority), and students of legal drinking age consumed alcohol at disproportionately high rates. CONCLUSION: Alcohol use is common on game day, with a significant percentage of students placing themselves at risk by drinking large amounts of alcohol.
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Glassman et al. (2010) found nearly a quarter (24.5%) of fraternity/sorority members engaged in ERAC on home college football game day compared to 13.6% of nonmembers.
“Glassman, Dodd, Sheu, Rienzo, and Wagenaar (2010) found nearly a quarter (24.5%) of fraternity/sorority members engaged in Extreme Ritualistic Alcohol Consumption (ERAC), or consumption of 10 or more drinks for men or eight for women in a single day or event, on home college football game day compared to 13.6% of nonmembers.”
From The Influence of Fraternity and Sorority Involvement: A Critical Analysis of Research (1996–2013) (2014) · cites this paper as Glassman et al. (2010)
Glassman et al. (2010) found members were approximately twice as likely to engage in ERAC on game day than nonmembers (OR = 2.06).
“Statistically, members were approximately twice as likely to engage in ERAC on game day than nonmembers (OR = 2.06, 𝛼 = 0.05).”
From The Influence of Fraternity and Sorority Involvement: A Critical Analysis of Research (1996–2013) (2014) · cites this paper as Glassman et al. (2010)
Glassman et al. (2010) found two fifths of members (46.9%) engaged in heavy episodic drinking, as compared to approximately one third (33.7%) of nonmembers on game day.
“Of those, two fifths of members (46.9%) engaged in heavy episodic drinking, as compared to approximately one third (33.7%) of nonmembers on game day.”
From The Influence of Fraternity and Sorority Involvement: A Critical Analysis of Research (1996–2013) (2014) · cites this paper as Glassman et al. (2010)
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- Authors
- Glassman, T. J., Dodd, V. J., Sheu, J.-J., Rienzo, B. A., & Wagenaar, A. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Toledo (US)
- University of Florida Health (US)
- c Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research , University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida
- Venue
- Journal of American College Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-03-24
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 413-423
- ISSN
- 0164-4300 (ISSN-L)
- 0744-8481
- 1940-3208
- OpenAlex
- W2131527805
- Cited by
- 85
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 5.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of American College Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Florida
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Keywords
- college football, binge drinking, university students, alcohol consumption, gender differences, fraternities and sororities, drinking age, alcohol-related risk
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Age Factors, Alcoholic Intoxication, Alcoholism, Ceremonial Behavior, Cross-Sectional Studies, Data Collection, Female, Florida, Humans, Male, Peer Group, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Risk-Taking, Sex Factors, Sports, Statistics as Topic, Students, Universities, Confidence Intervals, Odds Ratio, Young Adult
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