Source: Wechsler, Henry, and Toben F. Nelson. "What We Have Learned From the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study: Focusing Attention on College Student Alcohol Consumption and the Environmental Conditions That Promote It." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs 69.4 (2008): 481-90. Harvard School of Public Health. Web.
Summary: This paper by Henry Wechsler, PH.D. and Toben F. Nelson, SC.D. summarizes years of alcohol research done by the Harvard School of Public Health College on binge drinking and what influences it. This study addresses the relationship between student drinking and campus policy, what has been done to reduce the alcohol problem, and what should be done to reduce the alcohol problem.
Quality: This study was done by Harvard University, which is a very reputable college and uses references backed by reputable sources such as The American Psychological Association and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Furthermore, this study covers four years of research and 120 schools across the United States.
Issues: The last study done on this was back in 2001, so this is a bit dated. The method used for this study was also a survey, which not all students that were selected for the survey responded to. In this paper, the authors include the issues of this survey. They said, "The sample was limited in at least three important ways. First, not all students who were selected to participate in the study responded to the survey... Second, we sampled a relatively small number of students within each college, thus limiting the precision of estimates for a single college. Third, we relied on self-reported responses to a questionnaire. No attempt was made to obtain measures of consumption other than self-reports." (White et al., 2005).
Key Words:
Binge Drinking
A Matter of Degree
College-level Variation
College Alcohol Study (CAS)
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