Solitary and social heavy drinking, suicidal ideation, and drinking motives in underage college drinkers
June 25th, 2009 Posted by: admin
Publication year: 2009
Source: Addictive Behaviors, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 June 2009
Vivian M., Gonzalez , R. Lorraine, Collins , Clara M., Bradizza
In college students, solitary heavy drinking (i.e., while alone) is associated with depression and with higher rates of drinking problems than heavy drinking in social contexts. This study explored the relationship among heavy episodic drinking context, suicidal ideation, and drinking motives among underage college drinkers (n=91) with a history of passive suicidal ideation. Participants completed measures of depression, suicidal ideation, alcohol consumption and problems, and drinking motives. Multiple regression analyses revealed that both social and solitary heavy drinking predicted alcohol problems. Suicidal ideation, but not depression, was significantly related to solitary heavy drinking. Neither was related to social heavy drinking….
