Many college students use alcohol, and most of these students experience problems related
to their use. Emerging research indicates that socially anxious students face heightened risk …

Aim: To review the international literature concerning pre-loading (PL); this is drinking before
going out to pubs and bars. Method: A literature review conducted in May 2013 using the …

Objective This article provides an introduction to the special issue on college student mental
health. It gives an overview of the establishment of the Multi‐Site University Study of Identity …

College men are more likely to engage in health-compromising behaviors, including risky
drinking behavior, and experience more alcohol-related problems, including violence and …

Recent studies suggest that solitary (but not social) drinking may confer risk for negative
alcohol consequences via beliefs about alcohol's ability to reduce tension, and explicit …

Background Research in the U nited S tates and the U nited K ingdom indicates that drinking
before going out (commonly called “predrinking”) is common among young people and …

Objective: To examine whether involvement in committed dating relationships is associated
with university students' mental health (depressive symptoms and problem alcohol use …

Drinking games are a high-risk social drinking activity consisting of rules and guidelines that
determine when and how much to drink (Polizzotto et al., 2007). Borsari's (2004) seminal …

Objective: This study explored associations between positive alcohol expectancies, and
demographics, as well as academic status and binge drinking among underage college …

The first clinical trial of the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students
(BASICS) was launched at the University of Washington in 1990. Since that time, multiple …