Risky Drinking among Norwegian Students: Associations with Participation in the Introductory Week, Academic Performance and Alcohol-related Attitudes

Risky Drinking among Norwegian Students: Associations with Participation in the Introductory Week, Academic Performance and Alcohol-related Attitudes

AIMS – Substantial increase in heavy drinking upon transition from high school to college is common. Norwegian universities and university colleges arrange yearly introductory weeks to welcome new students. It has been questioned whether these events are too centered on alcohol. We aimed to investig...

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Main Authors: Myrtveit Solbjørg Makalani, Askeland Kristin Gärtner, Knudsen Ann Kristin, Knapstad Marit, Olsen Rune, Nedregård Truls, Skogen Jens Christoffer
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-09-01
Series:Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Subjects:
students
alcohol consumption
risky drinking
university
introductory week
student events
integration
academic performance
exclusion
alcohol culture
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/nsad.2016.33.issue-4/nsad-2016-0031/nsad-2016-0031.xml?format=INT
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spelling doaj-851af07c0f384560bb335898c8d7d7cd2021-04-02T11:31:03ZdanSAGE PublishingNordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs1458-61262016-09-0133436138010.1515/nsad-2016-0031nsad-2016-0031Risky Drinking among Norwegian Students: Associations with Participation in the Introductory Week, Academic Performance and Alcohol-related AttitudesMyrtveit Solbjørg Makalani0Askeland Kristin Gärtner1Knudsen Ann Kristin2Knapstad Marit3Olsen Rune4Nedregård Truls5Skogen Jens Christoffer6Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway; Center for Disease Burden, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway; Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayPrivate practice, Oslo, NorwayTNS Gallup, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway; Center for Alcohol & Drug Research, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, NorwayAIMS – Substantial increase in heavy drinking upon transition from high school to college is common. Norwegian universities and university colleges arrange yearly introductory weeks to welcome new students. It has been questioned whether these events are too centered on alcohol. We aimed to investigate whether participation in the introductory week is associated with risky drinking (RD). We further aimed to investigate whether RD is associated with academic performance. Finally, we investigated whether alcohol-related attitudes are associated with both RD and introductory week participation.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/nsad.2016.33.issue-4/nsad-2016-0031/nsad-2016-0031.xml?format=INTstudentsalcohol consumptionrisky drinkinguniversityintroductory weekstudent eventsintegrationacademic performanceexclusionalcohol culture
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author Myrtveit Solbjørg Makalani
Askeland Kristin Gärtner
Knudsen Ann Kristin
Knapstad Marit
Olsen Rune
Nedregård Truls
Skogen Jens Christoffer
spellingShingle Myrtveit Solbjørg Makalani
Askeland Kristin Gärtner
Knudsen Ann Kristin
Knapstad Marit
Olsen Rune
Nedregård Truls
Skogen Jens Christoffer
Risky Drinking among Norwegian Students: Associations with Participation in the Introductory Week, Academic Performance and Alcohol-related Attitudes
Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
students
alcohol consumption
risky drinking
university
introductory week
student events
integration
academic performance
exclusion
alcohol culture
author_facet Myrtveit Solbjørg Makalani
Askeland Kristin Gärtner
Knudsen Ann Kristin
Knapstad Marit
Olsen Rune
Nedregård Truls
Skogen Jens Christoffer
author_sort Myrtveit Solbjørg Makalani
title Risky Drinking among Norwegian Students: Associations with Participation in the Introductory Week, Academic Performance and Alcohol-related Attitudes
title_short Risky Drinking among Norwegian Students: Associations with Participation in the Introductory Week, Academic Performance and Alcohol-related Attitudes
title_full Risky Drinking among Norwegian Students: Associations with Participation in the Introductory Week, Academic Performance and Alcohol-related Attitudes
title_fullStr Risky Drinking among Norwegian Students: Associations with Participation in the Introductory Week, Academic Performance and Alcohol-related Attitudes
title_full_unstemmed Risky Drinking among Norwegian Students: Associations with Participation in the Introductory Week, Academic Performance and Alcohol-related Attitudes
title_sort risky drinking among norwegian students: associations with participation in the introductory week, academic performance and alcohol-related attitudes
publisher SAGE Publishing
series Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
issn 1458-6126
publishDate 2016-09-01
description AIMS – Substantial increase in heavy drinking upon transition from high school to college is common. Norwegian universities and university colleges arrange yearly introductory weeks to welcome new students. It has been questioned whether these events are too centered on alcohol. We aimed to investigate whether participation in the introductory week is associated with risky drinking (RD). We further aimed to investigate whether RD is associated with academic performance. Finally, we investigated whether alcohol-related attitudes are associated with both RD and introductory week participation.
topic students
alcohol consumption
risky drinking
university
introductory week
student events
integration
academic performance
exclusion
alcohol culture
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